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HERCULES BEETLE [3 records]

Record 1 2023-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Carabidae.

Key term(s)
  • Hercules harp ground beetle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Carabidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Coccinellidae.

Key term(s)
  • Hercules’s ladybeetle
  • Hercules’ lady beetle
  • Hercules’ ladybeetle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Coccinellidae.

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

Order Coleoptera... Scarab beetles, family Scarabaeidae;... Hercules Beetles... Subfamily Dynastinae. The largest eastern species is the Eastern Hercules Beetle, also called Unicorn Beetle.

OBS

latin : Dynastes tityus=eastern Hercules beetle, Dynastes granti Horn=southwestern Hercules beetle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

famille : Dynastinés.

OBS

dynaste : scarabée qu'on trouve dans les régions chaudes d'Amérique et qui compte parmi les plus grands de tous les insectes actuels. Type de la famille des dynastidés.

Spanish

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