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Huge Beetle - Dynastes tityus - female
Copyright © 2009 Jane Rill

Huge Beetle - Dynastes tityus - Female
Springfield, VA, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 10, 2009
Size: 2inches
would love to identify this image. He/She was found in Springfield Va in my garden.......I saw one similar on the net from AZ........how could this be> Do you know the proper name?
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Contributed by Jane Rill on 10 August, 2009 - 6:47pm
Last updated 14 July, 2011 - 6:11pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mark Fox, 14 August, 2009 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

[i]Dynastes tityus[/i] - East
Dynastes tityus - Eastern Hercules Beetle is my guess. Female.
see for reference.
… M. N. O'Donnell, 10 August, 2009 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

 
It is indeed
It is indeed
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 11 August, 2009 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

 
I agree!
I actually got one like this at school this morning! Coincidince, huh?
… Breanna Lyle, 10 August, 2009 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

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