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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Bess Beetles (Passalidae) » Odontotaenius » Horned Passalus (Odontotaenius disjunctus)
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Beetle pupa - Odontotaenius disjunctus
Copyright © 2009 Shelly Cox

Beetle pupa - Odontotaenius disjunctus
Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
July 30, 2009
Size: 1 inch
Found this pupa in a rotten tree stump. There were a lot of bess beetles in the stump as well. Thought maybe this could be the pupae of one of them. Does anyone know for sure.
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Contributed by Shelly Cox on 3 August, 2009 - 2:58pm
Last updated 13 October, 2014 - 1:12am

Moved
Moved from Bess Beetles.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 August, 2009 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

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… Charley Eiseman, 23 August, 2009 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

wild guess: Odontotaenius disjunctus
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… v belov, 3 August, 2009 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

 
So I was right in guessing th
So I was right in guessing the bess beetle then? I thought it probably was, since there are tons of them as grubs and adults in the stump.
… Shelly Cox, 3 August, 2009 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

 
oh! you guessed right
i just didn't know the common name and was clueless what beast you refer to
… v belov, 3 August, 2009 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

 
LOL, no problem.I need to lea
LOL, no problem.I need to learn to think it terms of scientific names. Thanks for the verification though.
… Shelly Cox, 3 August, 2009 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

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