Bugging the Northwest: Meet the beetle that's 'not a problem insect' despite its rhinoceros-looking horn
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If you come across a beetle sporting a rhinoceroslike horn, you’ll do a double- or triple-take. After all, the insect ambling across damp leaves in the forest resembles a dinosaur stalking through the movie “Jurassic Park.”
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