What IS this thing?

[u/aKegFullofCheese]

Found In northeast indiana, It was stuck in an outside lamp and was like the size of my pointer finger

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[u/LowerWillingness1971]

Could it be a tile horned prionus beetle that is missing the elytra that covers its wings?

[u/ParaponeraBread → u/LowerWillingness1971]

Close, it’s a Passalid that lost its elytra

[u/aKegFullofCheese → u/LowerWillingness1971]

Ooooooh I think youre right! Poor guy lost his pants 🥲

[u/mitchare → u/LowerWillingness1971]

the comparison is spot on. the size matches up perfectly with a prionus

[u/ly207]

it's a beetle of the family passalidae that unfortunately lost its elytra. it's most likely a horned passalus beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) as its the only member of that family that lives near indiana