Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules (Scarabeus hercules), rhinoceros beetle, Enema pan (S. chorinaeus), eastern hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus (S. titytus), rainbow scarab, male and female, Phanaeus vindex (S. carnifex), dung beetle, Catharsius molossus (S. molossus), and sacred scarab, Scarabaeus sacer. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Paternoster Row, London, August 1, 1809.

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