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Mexican Hercules Beetle

Dynastes hyllus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 4, February 4, March 5, April 3, May 1, June 10, July 29, August 28, September 63, October 53, November 41, December 12.
Mexico253
Jalisco59
Oaxaca44
Michoacan de Ocampo33
Hidalgo16
Morelos15
Puebla15
Mexico12
Nuevo Leon10
Queretaro de Arteaga8

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
GenusDynastes

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