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Bessbug

Passalidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Subclass:Pterygota
Superorder:Neoptera
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Passalidae
Genus and species: Popilius disjuctus

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Adult: Populus disjuctus from rotting log
Hemingway, South Carolina
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Larva: Populus disjuctus from rotting log
Hemingway, South Carolina

The Bessbug is a very large beetle (about 2.5 cm both as adult and larva), that feeds on rotting wood. It has a "horn" on the dorsal anterior.

 

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Bessbug
Anonymous - September 13th, 2006
do they sting
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