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Eastern Hercules beetle (female)

Dynastes tityus

Description:

2" long beetle.

Habitat:

Semi rural

Notes:

Landed on my shoulder while I was out looking for moths!

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19 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

She sure is Adarsha!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Oh..one biggie :)

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Thanks Jacob & Alice!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 10 years ago

Cool!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Lovely! That's one huge beetle!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Haha, no though she did have a very firm grip on me Benjamin!

BenjaminKabel
BenjaminKabel 10 years ago

I hope you didn't hurt yourself lifting that behemoth!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Thanks Joshua! I was pretty excited to find her too - though actually she found me!

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 10 years ago

Awesome, I really like him :)

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Thanks Lorraine & Cindy!

Awesome, Karen!

LorraineDianeLafleur
LorraineDianeLafleur 10 years ago

Amazing , Love the Third shot!!!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

I heard her flying around Tamar, & was watching to see where she landed when she flew over my head & landed on me!
Very, Neil!

NeilDazet
NeilDazet 10 years ago

and aptly named!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

I can't even imagine what went through your head when you became the landing pad! I guess she wanted her moment of fame!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

It was very exciting Dez! She had quite a grip on me & I still have small red marks on my shoulder where she was clinging on to me!

Smith Zoo
Smith Zoo 10 years ago

What a great unexpected encounter! They are few and far between and when it is a big beauty like her... wow that is just so special!! Congrats!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Thanks Jared! She is the biggest beetle I've ever encountered!

JC_Forester
JC_Forester 10 years ago

Amazing beetle!

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Franklin, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Jul 5, 2013
Submitted on Jul 6, 2013

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