I think you forgot to include the web address. I have never in my life seen a Beetle quite like him. I hope he has a very long and productive life. My husband ended up moving him the next day to a vacant field across the road because he found him on the ground in front of my barn and was afraid my horses would step on him and crush him. The horns can grow longer than the body of the beetle. Hercules beetles, one of the more common names for the rhinoceros beetle, are large and look extremely threatening, mainly because of the huge vertically-oriented, horn-like pincers protruding from the frontal portion of the males. The smallest recorded beetle and the smallest free-living insect (as of 2015), is the featherwing beetle Scydosella musawasensis which may measure as little as 325 m in length.
Here is a photo of Dynastes tityus on a postage stamp issued in the U.S. Hercules Rhinoceros Beetles Look Ferocious. The longest beetle is the Hercules beetle Dynastes hercules, with a maximum overall length of at least 16.7 cm (6.6 in) including the very long pronotal horn. From the side, the Rhinoceros beetles horn looks very. These are reportedly the most massive beetles in North America, though some Stag Beetles may be in contention for the record. The Rhinoceros beetles horn is a little harder to notice and is not as large as the Hercules beetle. Some great photos of mating couples of D. However, rhinoceros beetles can still be bought as pets and for beetle wrestling in places like Mong Kok and Kwun Tong, with pet shops selling both exotic and, to a lesser extent, native species. Adults are reported to feed off the sap of trees, especially from the Ash family, and to eat figs, while the grubs eat leaf litter and rotten wood. A larger species is found in the West, Dynastes granti. Sometimes they are called Unicorn Beetles or Rhinoceros Beetles depending upon the author, but our latest sources credit the common name to be Hercules, though the scientific name remains the same. 140 mm specimen (the maximum recognized for this species), robust and stocky body and showy cephalic horn. We have only received photos of dead ones in the past which can be viewed on our beetle page. Rhinoceros beetle, scientific name Megasoma Actaeon. You have taken a beautiful photograph of a male Hercules Beetle, Dynastes tityus. 12This species is known for its grayish-white elytra, large size, and characteristic horn of the adult males. I have been searching the web trying to identify it but haven’t had any luck. The western Hercules beetle(Dynastes grantii, often misspelled as 'granti') is a speciesof rhinoceros beetlethat lives in Arizona, New Mexico, Utahand parts of northern Mexico. My husband found this on one of our tomato plants this weekend.
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