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Beetle?? - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - female
Copyright © 2010 Carol Wolf

Beetle?? - Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Female
Great Smokie Mountains, Cades Cove Campground, Tennessee, USA
October 9, 2009
This beetle was attracted to light.
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Contributed by Carol Wolf on 24 January, 2010 - 10:47pm
Last updated 25 January, 2010 - 6:45pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Carol Wolf, 25 January, 2010 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

best guess, a dynastine [perhaps just ♀ Xyloryctes jamaicensis
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… v belov, 24 January, 2010 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

 
agree
the elytral striations and form of pronotum and clypeus support. What's the size? Was it big?
… Blaine Mathison, 25 January, 2010 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

 
Was it big?
I am surely learning that size is very important. I will try to get a thread count on the sheet and see if that helps.
… Carol Wolf, 25 January, 2010 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

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