Rhinoceros beetle | Facts & Information
# Rhinoceros Beetle | Facts & Information
Rhinoceros Beetle | Discover Fascinating Facts and Information About Rhinoceros Beetle
The rhinoceros beetle (oryctes nasicornis) is one of the largest species of beetles on Earth.
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Rhinoceros Beetle
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Origin
The preferred habitat of rhinoceros beetles is in the bark of trees and sawdust in their crevices or at their base.
The larvae are also found here. It is widespread from northern Europe, where one species is found, to the Mediterranean basin and Northern Africa.
The rhinoceros beetle is a species included in the Annexes of the Berne Convention as a "rare and endangered species".
Feeding The Rhinoceros Beetle
These beetles, do not feed during adult life, consuming the food reserves that it has accumulated during larval life.
Features Rhinoceros Beetle
The rhinoceros beetle is 6-10 cm in size. The body of adults is robust, strong, having a more or less dark chestnut color. The size in both sexes varies from 25 to 43 mm.
Sexual dimorphism is pronounced in this species, the male having a strong horn on the head, arched towards the posterior part. The male has the appearance of a rhino, hence the popular name. The female has no outgrowth on the head, she shows only a conical tubercle on the thorax.
Compared to its size it is the most powerful being on Earth because it can lift 850 times its weight. It is a nocturnal species, appearing at dusk, during the day sitting in hiding places. They have been found to be attracted to bright lights.
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Oryctes nasicornis afghanistanicus
Oryctes nasicornis chersonensis
Oryctes nasicornis corniculatus
Oryctes nasicornis edithae
Oryctes nasicornis grypus
Oryctes nasicornis Hindenburg
Oryctes nasicornis holdhausi
Oryctes nasicornis illigeri
Oryctes nasicornis kuntzeni
Oryctes nasicornis latipennis
Oryctes nasicornis
Oryctes nasicornis nasicornis
Oryctes nasicornis ondrejanus
Oryctes nasicornis polonicus
Oryctes nasicornis przevalskii
Oryctes nasicornis punctipennis
Oryctes nasicornis shiraticus
Oryctes nasicornis transcaspicus
Oryctes nasicornis turkestanicus
Reproduction Rhinoceros Beetle
Rhinoceros beetles live 3-4 years in the larva stage. In the spring when the adult insect arrives, the males fight each other for the females.
After mating the males die.
The rhinoceros beetle has a reproductive cycle of about 3-4 years, and as an adult lives up to a year.
The active period of these insects is between April and august.
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