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Unnamed spotting

Description:

brown-redish beetle

Habitat:

dry forest



2 species ID suggestions

Gina423
Gina423 11 months ago
Triceratops Beetle
Phileurus truncatus
Miguel.Denyer
Miguel.Denyer 10 months ago
Rhinoceros Beetle
Strategus antaeus Rhino - Strategus antaeus - BugGuide.Net

14 Comments

YurianaMartínez
YurianaMartínez 10 months ago

thanks empidonax :D

empidonax
empidonax 10 months ago

Awesome spotting!

YurianaMartínez
YurianaMartínez 10 months ago

Thanks Eu, Miguel and Glungo. Glungo: I really dont know how common these are where they were found, my daughters brought them to me, therefore ill ask them to kind of keep track to see how common they are. Im afraid they are not as common as years ago...

NoSutt
NoSutt 10 months ago

WOW! beautiful!! im guessing these are not commonly found?

BioEu
BioEu 10 months ago

Están re padriuris!!!!

YurianaMartínez
YurianaMartínez 11 months ago

Thank you Willie. This was a very special present of course, happier only if i could see these bugs alive in their habitat, but my child found two of them dead on the grass. Your story about the cake smashed on your face is of course not as nice as my present. Saludos!

williefromwi
williefromwi 11 months ago

Un cumpleaños tardío feliz a ti. Me vendaron los ojos por un pastor en México una vez en mi cumpleaños y como los niños cantaron comer la torta, que se estrelló en la cara. Creo que hubiera preferido que se da a un insecto..................A belated Happy Birthday to you. I was blindfolded by a Pastor down in Mexico once on my birthday and as the children sang eat the cake, they smashed it into my face. I believe I would have preferred being given an insect.

YurianaMartínez
YurianaMartínez 11 months ago

we just call them "escarabajos" in spanish, or sometimes "mayates"

YurianaMartínez
YurianaMartínez 11 months ago

Thanks everyone, gracias a todos. My daughter found two of these dead on the garden in a house in Morelos, México, in this province there is a tropical dry forest.....these were my birthday presents!

Brian Parsons
Brian Parsons 11 months ago

Wow - what a cool Beetle. I agree with Strategus aloeus : http://bugguide.net/node/view/6278

Simon Stock
Simon Stock 11 months ago

Nice find

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 months ago

I agree whit Ignacio this is not a Triceratops Beetle more like a Strategus aloeus is the most common in central and north México.

Ignacio Gamboa
Ignacio Gamboa 11 months ago

En Costa Rica los conocemos como cornizuelos, no se si en Mexico reciben el mismo nombre. Pertenecen al género Strategus pero no estoy seguro de la especie. Podrían ser Strategus longichomperus o Strategus aloeus julianus que son los más parecidos que conozco.

Brian27
Brian27 11 months ago

Beetle

Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Lat: 19.49, Long: -99.08

Spotted on Jul 22, 2012
Submitted on Jul 22, 2012

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