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Hercules Beetle (male)

Dynastes Tityus

Description:

Big beetle with dark head. Body ight green with dark spots. Second pic shows the horns.

Habitat:

Oak forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

PaoloCo
PaoloCo 11 years ago
Hercules beetle
Dynastes Tityus


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17 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Jakubko

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Fantastic!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Bill Reynolds for the correction.

Bill Reynolds
Bill Reynolds 11 years ago

Actually, you have a minor male.
Males are variable in horn development from small spurs (as seen here) to long horns. Females lack the thoracic horns and have a more punctated or rugose surface texture to the pronotum.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Matthijs

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Jessica Biancaniello

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Jolly Ibañez

PaoloCo
PaoloCo 11 years ago

No prob

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you tibiprada and Jolly Ibañez

JessicaBiancaniello
JessicaBiancaniello 11 years ago

So beautiful!!!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Paolo Co for the ID

Matthijs
Matthijs 11 years ago

Great spotting Luis!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Aaron G for the ID

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Nice spotting

PaoloCo
PaoloCo 11 years ago

I thin this is the female hercules beetle lemme check

tibiprada
tibiprada 11 years ago

Beeeeautiful species !

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Great find, Luis! This is most certainly in the genus Dynastes, but I'm unsure of the species.

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Aug 19, 2012
Submitted on Aug 20, 2012

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