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Emily Neel | profile | all galleries >> Critters >> Female Hercules Beetle tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Female Hercules Beetle

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
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Emily Neel18-Jul-2011 17:09
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.
jmkc18-Jul-2011 16:37
That's large... did you find it outside or in your home?
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