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Hercules beetle

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Original – Male Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules ♂, is the most famous and largest of the rhinoceros beetles. It is native to the rainforests of Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles. size:15.5 cm

Reason

High Quality, Good Framing, well-shade background and full of EV.

Articles in which this image appears

Hercules beetle

FP category for this image

Creator

Archaeodontosaurus

• Support as nominator --Alborzagros (talk) 04:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
• Support but the sex should be specified. And I think the female also worth to feature. Jkadavoor (talk) 07:19, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

I added the sex (male ♂) to text.Alborzagros (talk)

• Support per nom. Size reference makes spikebrennan happy. Spikebrennan (talk) 14:07, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

The size of insect is written through caption. Alborzagros (talk) 15:53, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

• Weak Oppose. This parrot beetle appears to be dead. Kaldari (talk) 05:07, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

To be dead or not to be. this not question.Alborzagros (talk) 06:57, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

This is a museum specimen. I don't think they can survive for centuries without being dead. :) Jkadavoor (talk) 09:43, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

I prefer that the photos used to illustrate our animal articles be photos of live animals if possible. Kaldari (talk) 08:49, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

That seems a good point. But focus stacked photos have more details and so more identification information than in a in vivo photo. Focus stacking for a restless subject is very difficult. Jkadavoor (talk) 17:42, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

• This photo is already featured in Commons. Alborzagros (talk) 14:37, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
• Support I confirm that despite his good looks he is dead. There is no concurecne between images of live insects and mounted specimen. The two are complementary. --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 15:02, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
• Support Great quality and EV. It doesn't matter if the beetle is dead. Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{WrestleMania XXVIII} _{The Undertaker 20–0} 07:14, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
• Support per Armbrust: this is a well executed photo with strong EV. Nick-D (talk) 10:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Promoted File:Dynastes hercules ecuatorianus MHNT.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:25, 13 October 2012 (UTC)