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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Dynastini » Hercules Beetles (Dynastes) » Grant's Hercules Beetle (Dynastes grantii)
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Western Hercules Beetle - Dynastes grantii - male
Copyright © 2008 margarethe brummermann

Western Hercules Beetle - Dynastes grantii - Male
Carizzo, Navaho County, Arizona, USA
August 22, 2008
Size: 66 mm
One of the big guys we found under a light at night.

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Apache scouts Western Hercules Beetle - Dynastes grantii - male
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 24 August, 2008 - 8:46pm
Last updated 14 July, 2011 - 6:30pm

Next - Megasoma
you have one species down your way. These shots on white backgrounds are very nice.

addendum; my feeble attempt here
… Phillip Harpootlian, 25 August, 2008 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

hmmm
Might this actually be Dynastes grantii?
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 24 August, 2008 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
no question there.
… margarethe brummermann, 24 August, 2008 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

 
The other photo mentioneds it
The other photo mentioneds it as Dynastes tytus
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 24 August, 2008 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Ok
found it and fixed it.
… margarethe brummermann, 25 August, 2008 - 2:22am login or register to post comments

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