We're trying to figure out what kind of beetle this is. I think it a type of Scarab Beetle. Let me know if you know anything about it.
It is about 3" long. It was found in central North Carolina, July 2011.
20-Jul-2011: It is a female hercules beetle. Dynastes hercules Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Scarabaeidae Subfamily: Dynastes Species: D. hercules
Found outside, thank goodness! Now, the kids have it at school so they can look at it with a magnifying glass in science center. He/She seems to like peaches.