Sunday, April 29, 2007

Beetles I've Seen part 2

Thanks to Dr. Brett Ratcliffe from the University of Nebraska for identifying this beetle!

Xylotrupes gideon, a common rhinoceros beetle widespread throughout much of Asia.
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Tribe: Dynastini

Males have horns, females do not. Totally harmless. Nice beetle.

For more information about New World beetles, visit SCARAB CENTRAL and the Division of Entomology at from the University of
Nebraska at
www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/index.htm

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