Black Bess Beetle

A 40cm long uniformly black ground beetle with fossorial front legs. Just above the mouth parts and in the mid-line was a small protruberance like a horn. Antennae were short, beaded and ended in at least three leaflets. Elytra were a shiny black (a deep purplish black) with fine ridges. The beetle had a distinct waist separating the thorax and abdomen.

bess beetle bit my finger :( : r/Beetles

Bess beetle, Wood-boring, Burrowing, Nocturnal

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Bess Beetles make fascinating pets or live insect instruction specimen for home or school!

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Horned Passalus Missouri Department of Conservation

Hand full of bess beetles I dug out if a large log in the woods