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Elephant beetles are black in color and covered with a coat of fine microscopic hairs. The hairs grow particularly thick on the beetle's elytra. The hairs give the beetle's body a yellowish color. Males have two horns protruding from the head and another from the prothorax. The longest head horn gives the beetle its common name, since it ...
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.
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.
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 w
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.
The Stenocara beetle is a master water collector. The small black bug lives in a harsh, dry desert environment and can survive thanks to the unique design of its shell.
Lucanus elaphus, the giant stag beetle [1], elk stag beetle, or erroneously as the elephant stag beetle, [2] is a beetle of the family Lucanidae native to eastern North America. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] They are sometimes kept as pets .
This Elephant Is a Really Good Painter If you've ever wanted to feel bad about your artistic skills, then allow us to introduce you to Suda, the incredibly talented painting elephant.