Passalidae
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Passalidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Superorder: Neoptera Order: Coleoptera Family: Passalidae Genus and species: Popilius disjuctus Adult: Populus disjuctus from rotting log Hemingway, South Carolina 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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