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Eastern Hercules Beetle Larva

Dynastes tityus

Description:

This huge grub was under a damp pile of sticks. Notice the brownish spots along its side. It is as fat as a dime and about three inches long.

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3 Comments

dhmcclanahan
dhmcclanahan 10 years ago

Spot on stho! Thank you!!

JackGraham
JackGraham 10 years ago

something in the scarab family, possibly a junebug

stho002
stho002 10 years ago

Probably larva of Dynastes: http://bugguide.net/node/view/2876/bgpag...

dhmcclanahan
Spotted by
dhmcclanahan

Georgia, USA

Spotted on Nov 9, 2013
Submitted on Nov 14, 2013

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