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Unidentified Beetle - Xyloryctes thestalus
Copyright © 2009 Dave Mangham

Unidentified Beetle - Xyloryctes thestalus
Sedona, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
September 7, 2009
Found on deck next to Oak Creek
Contributed by Dave Mangham on 17 September, 2009 - 9:12am
Last updated 31 December, 2013 - 6:57am

Moved
Moved from Rhinoceros Beetle.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 October, 2009 - 12:29pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Joshua P. Basham, 24 September, 2009 - 11:13am

Scarab
This is a "rhinoceros beetle," Oryctes jamaicensis, and a male (females lack the horn). Not uncommon throughout much of Arizona.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 September, 2009 - 10:52am

 
Thanks very much Eric. I'm fr
Thanks very much Eric. I'm from the UK so I don't easily recognise many of your common species.

Dave
… Dave Mangham, 17 September, 2009 - 12:24pm

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