Creepy Crawler
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Uploaded by soto4u on Jul 27, 2008
If anyone can identify this bug, please leave a comment. Tammy found this bug as she was entering her place of employment and brought it home.We live in WV and have never seen anything like it. It is about 3 inches long and has big eyes on each side of it's horn. We had it in a cup with a lid on it, and the thing was so strong that it had pushed the lid off and escaped the first night! I dont have to tell you that we postponed everything until the bug was found the next day. Tammy was afraid to sleep with that thing somewhere in the house, O.K., I guess I had the jitters too! I'm not sure, but it could be a species related to the Rhino Beetle.
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Its a horned beetle
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I meant to add that some unicorn beetles have no band but some do. They and the rhino beetles are indeed of the same species and often interbreed. They are all members of the larger class of scarab beetles. The common terms for beetles and other insects are often imprecise, so that is why the Latin terms are used. There are over 30,000 species of beetles. In our class, we only looked at the WV beetles, but not a Volkswagon among them!
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I know that beetle. It is a Dynastes tityus. It is a male (which looks different from the female). Only the Dynastes tityus has spotted elytra (wings) and the two-tone face (black pinchers and light area further up). They like to breed in the decaying matter of old trees and leaves (and even in dog food!) They are found only in the eastern United States and are seen everywhere in West Virginia. They are commonly known as rhinocerus beetles because of their size.
RandyOldaker777 3 years ago
I also heard them referred to as the Unicorn beetle, but the most common name for this beetle is the "Hercules beetle" ,which all belong to the same species according to Entomologists.
soto4u 3 years ago
It looks like a stag beetle.
gersing 3 years ago
Thanks Gersing for taking a stab at it, and you are half right. It's a beetle alright, but Randy"s comment above hit on the true identity. Some people raise these beetles for pets.
soto4u 3 years ago