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Bess Beetle

Odontotaenius disjunctus

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Patent-leather Beetle or Bess Beetle
Odontotaenius disjunctus Odontotaenius disjunctus


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ColtMooney
ColtMooney 10 years ago

The common name around the southeast is a wood beetle. The bess beetle suggestion is correct

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Passalidae, Odontotaenius disjunctus. Also called Horned Passalus.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/2864

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BenjaminKabel
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BenjaminKabel

Oklahoma, USA

Spotted on Apr 3, 2014
Submitted on Apr 6, 2014

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