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Sleeper's Elephant Beetle - Megasoma sleeperi - male
Copyright © 2008 Robyn Waayers

Sleeper's Elephant Beetle - Megasoma sleeperi - Male
Algodones Dunes, Imperial County, California, USA
September 20, 2008
Size: 25 mm
This male came to a black light in the vicinity of Palo Verdes.

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Contributed by Robyn Waayers on 3 October, 2008 - 12:32pm
Last updated 7 February, 2016 - 7:22pm

awesome
awesome find! I was out there the week right before with a Hg Vapor light and also head lamping all the Palo Verdes but didn't get any! What part of the dunes were you at?
… Kojun Kanda, 4 October, 2008 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

 
We were a couple miles N. of
We were a couple miles N. of Glamis on the E. edge of the dunes. It is my understanding that is BLM land and acceptable to collect in.

I also heard second-hand (on Insectnet.com) that someone found four specimens somewhere in the dunes this season-- I don't know where.
… Robyn Waayers, 4 October, 2008 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Elephant Beetles.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 3 October, 2008 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

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