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Large beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis
Copyright © 2010 Lewis H Tester

Large beetle - Xyloryctes jamaicensis
Unicoi, Unicoi County, Tennessee, USA
July 11, 2010
Size: 1" - 1 1/8"
This beetle was in my fiancee's mother's yard.
Contributed by Lewis H Tester on 16 July, 2010 - 8:40pm
Last updated 19 July, 2010 - 9:14am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… MJ Paulsen, 19 July, 2010 - 9:14am

rain beetle
It has the V-shaped horn on it's head.
… Lewis H Tester, 17 July, 2010 - 1:50pm

 
that would be then the first find of that family anywhere in the world outside the Pacific coast
… v belov, 17 July, 2010 - 1:55pm

female Xyloryctes jamaicensis
Not much else this could be in the eastern US.
… William B. Warner, 16 July, 2010 - 11:49pm

 
Agreed
Xyloryctes jamaicensis - the Rhinocerus Beetle
… roar, 18 July, 2010 - 5:57pm

[?Geotrupes] pls add a dorsal view or any other you may have
may not be IDable from this one
… v belov, 16 July, 2010 - 8:51pm

Identify
Does anyone know what kind of beetle this is?
… Lewis H Tester, 16 July, 2010 - 8:44pm

 
Scarabaeidae for sure...
Probably Dynastinae, but it is very hard to say from this angle.
… Andrew McKorney, 16 July, 2010 - 8:59pm

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