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Female. A large rhinocerous beetle that often targets lawns with a dense layer of thatch.
Not known to be a pest, though larvae can sometimes attack roots if suitably-decomposed material is scarce.
Sleeper's elephant beetle- the largest rhinoceros beetle species in california, found in the deserts of california, larvae live in decomposing yucca or paloverde wood. this male was a particularly large specimen