I am not an entomologist by any means, so forgive my general ignorance
of terms. Today I found my dog chewing on the head of a horned
beetle. I found the body nearby easily because it was huge. Looking
at the horns on its head, I thought it might be a rhino beetle. A
quick google search and I found that it's probably a Strategus
surinamensis, but I was surprised to learn that it is an exclusively
South American insect. I live in Central Texas, and this isn't the
first one I've seen. How did it get here? Did I identify it
correctly?
These are the photos I took after placing the head back on:
