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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Rhizotrogini » May Beetles (Phyllophaga) » Subgenus Phyllophaga (Phyllophaga Subgenus Phyllophaga) » Phyllophaga crenulata
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Large Beetle - Phyllophaga crenulata
Copyright © 2009 Sharon Warner

Large Beetle - Phyllophaga crenulata
Springfield, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
June 10, 2009
Size: 20mm
This big scarab came to the porch light. He plays dead very well as I noticed with another scarab beetle before. As soon as they think you are gone they move really quickly, though. Does this help them with predators?

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Contributed by Sharon Warner on 2 July, 2009 - 1:00pm
Last updated 30 June, 2016 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from May Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 13 June, 2010 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

With a maybe Phyllophaga in h
With a maybe Phyllophaga in hand and looking through all the scarabs and seeing that Phyllophaga is the only fit for this large, hairy, reddish-brown beetle, I feel that I can safely place it there.
… Sharon Warner, 15 July, 2009 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

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