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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The elephant beetle ... In size, elephant beetles typically range between 7 and 12 cm (2.75–4.75 in), with the largest male ...
Megasoma are generally large in size (as indicated by the name, which is "large body" in Greek). As a group, the genus contains some of the largest beetle species known. However, there are small species of this genus as well. The largest can be up to 135 mm, while small ones like Megasoma punctulatum can be around 20 mm.
These flying insects reach their largest size in Palparellus voeltzkowi, which can have a wingspan over 16 cm (6.3 in). [40] The largest lacewing is the Australian "blue eyes lacewing" ( Nymphes myrmeleonides ), which can measure up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in length and span 11 cm (4.3 in) across the wings. [ 41 ]
European rhinoceros beetle European rhinoceros beetle – three stages from larva to adult: larva (back), pupa (center), and imago (front). The Dynastinae are among the largest of beetles, reaching more than 15 centimetres (6 inches) in length, but are completely harmless to humans because they cannot bite or sting.
Dynastes tityus is known by a number of common names, including eastern Hercules beetle, elephant beetle and ox beetle. [1] It was first given a scientific name by Carl Linnaeus, in his 1763 work Centuria Insectorum, where it was called Scarabaeus tityus; when Linnaeus' genus Scarabaeus was divided into smaller genera, S. tityus was renamed Dynastes tityus.
Xylotrupes ulysses, common names "Elephant beetle", "Coconut palm beetle", [2] "common rhinoceros beetle" or simply "rhinoceros beetle" [3] [4] is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to New Guinea. Male horns in several groups of this genus represent a special secondary sex characteristic.
Print/export Download as PDF; ... known generally as the Texas elephant beetle or Texas megasoma, is a species of rhinoceros beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. [1] [2 ...
Heliocopris bucephalus, commonly known as the Elephant dung beetle, [1] is a species of dung beetle found in India, [2] Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Java, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.