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Texas Elephant Beetle (Megasoma vogti)
Photo#255692
Copyright © 2009 John Acorn
Texas Elephant Scarab -
Megasoma vogti
-
Hebbronville, Jim Hogg County, Texas, USA
October 15, 2004
Factsheet & Map
- Texas Entomology
Contributed by
Mike Quinn
on 28 February, 2009 - 7:36am
Last updated 20 October, 2009 - 2:19pm
Trouble identifying
Yesterday I caught a large megasoma, and I have had trouble identifying the exact species. It looks very similar to the one above, and is obviously male due tot he horns. What throws me off is that the "nose horn" is not forked; it looks like a single spear. It looks kind of like a mix between this and an actaeon beetle (south america), it has the shorter two "head" horns like this vogti, yet I have found pictures of actaeons with the single-prod nose.
-Any experts out there?
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Grant
, 2 May, 2012 - 6:44pm
Only three Megasoma spp. n. of Mex.
.
They are segregated geographically
.
.
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Mike Quinn
, 26 September, 2012 - 10:50am
vogti only sp. in Texas
.
See
range map
.
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Mike Quinn
, 3 May, 2012 - 5:31am
Nice!
I've finally got a pair of the AZ relative, but in trade, I still haven't seen them in the field.
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margarethe brummermann
, 28 February, 2009 - 8:02am
Lucky you!
I've tried acquiring this species for 4 years and yet I haven't found anyone selling them. Were you able to breed this species?
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Alan Jeon
, 26 September, 2012 - 10:31am
Hey Maragarethe, who did you
Hey Maragarethe, who did you get you M. vogti from?
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William Ericson
, 28 February, 2009 - 6:54pm
AZ RELATIVE
you speed reader! From you!
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margarethe brummermann
, 5 March, 2009 - 5:01pm
durrrrrrrrrr!
You caught me red handed, I speed read, I'm starting to think I should quite it. It gets me into some trouble. lol.
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William Ericson
, 5 March, 2009 - 6:10pm