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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Dynastini » Hercules Beetles (Dynastes) » Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus)
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Large Beetle - Dynastes tityus
Copyright © 2012 Scot Radowski

Large Beetle - Dynastes tityus
Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
September 13, 2012
Size: about 2 in.
Hopefully this will be enough data for an ID. Image quality is poor, it was taken with a phone.

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Contributed by Scot Radowski on 13 September, 2012 - 10:07am
Last updated 2 November, 2012 - 12:24pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 November, 2012 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 5 October, 2012 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Dynastes tityus - Eastern Hercules Beetle
This is a darkened individual. Nice find, though. This is the largest Scarab Beetle north of Mexico.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/2877/bgimage
… Jonathan W. Quist, 13 September, 2012 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

 
If it is native to Mexico..?
How do they travel here? Pets?
… JB, 9 October, 2012 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

Wow!
Neat! I am interested to see the result!
… JB, 13 September, 2012 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

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