Georgia Gardening: What is this?, 1 by teateacher

teateacher wrote:
I think it's a beetle. Maybe a female... thank goodness it's not the male with the big horn!

Per Google search: Hercules beetles belong to the scarab family, Scarabaeidae. Smaller Hercules beetles can be found farther north in North America. The eastern Hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus, can be found from New Jersey to Pennsylvania and west to Indiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. They are greenish with dark spots. The southwestern Hercules beetle, Dynastes granti, is darker in color and has longer horns. They live in the southwestern part of the United States, mostly in Arizona. sharon

This message was edited Aug 6, 2006 6:21 PM