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Megasoma sleeperi
Photo#713063
Copyright © 2012
Hartmut Wisch
Megasoma sleeperi
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I-40 Exit 78, south of freeway, elev. 904 m, San Bernardino County, California, USA
October 8, 2012
Size: 26 mm
Found dead in rabbitbrush (
Ericameria
). Posed on
Baileya multiradiata
for photos. Perhaps this individual was blown in with monsoonal rains?
For ID consulted with Jim Hogue, also
University of Nebraska Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles
.
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Contributed by
Hartmut Wisch
on 10 October, 2012 - 12:34am
Nice!
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Brad Barnd
, 10 October, 2012 - 3:48pm
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