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Smooth Ox Beetle

Strategus antaeus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 16, February 17, March 16, April 23, May 19, June 11, July 10, August 9, September 12, October 14, November 11, December 13.
United States2,305
Georgia172
North Carolina136
South Carolina130
Alabama109
Massachusetts68
New Jersey61
Texas36
Maryland29
Delaware27

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyScarabs · Scarabaeidae
GenusOx Beetles · Strategus

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