Male eastern Hercules beetle (Dynastes tityus). At 40-62 mm in length, it is one of the largest beetles in eastern North America. Shovel-like apparatu

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Male eastern Hercules beetle (Dynastes tityus). At 40-62 mm in length, it is one of the largest beetles in eastern North America. Shovel-like apparatus beneath its lower "horn" is used to scrape bark from branches so sap flows, which the beetle ingests.

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