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Spotting

Description:

Large black beetle, at least 3" long.

Habitat:

Cloud Forest leaf litter

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4 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 5 years ago

Thanks, Rolo2 for your input. I do not know you, but it looks like you have experience with IDing beetles. You can even help us more, when you make an "official" ID suggestion with adding a link with a reference. Suggestion are better for attention than only comments with an ID.

Rolo2
Rolo2 5 years ago

3cm? Probably Verres hageni Kaup, 1871

Carol21
Carol21 6 years ago

Thank you, to bayucca, for ID of this Passalidae.

bayucca
bayucca 6 years ago

Passalidae, Bess Beetle or Patent Leather Beetle.

Carol21
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Carol21

Spotted on Feb 21, 2018
Submitted on Feb 27, 2018

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