Horned Beetle Duo
Scientific Name: Eupatorus gracilicornis, Chalcosoma caucus
Common Name: 1, 3 or 5 Horned rhinoceros beetles
Origin: Southeast Asia
Dimensions: 8 x 10" Black Shadowbox Frame
They use their long horns to battle other males over females or food sites. Armored with a powerful exoskeleton and the ability to fly despite their massive size, make them tenacious survivors. They are active mostly at night to avoid some of the few predators capable to prey on them. There are so many interesting things about the rhinoceros beetles, some rhino beetles, are capable to lift it's own weight by 850 times. Because of that strength, when 2 males wrestle with each other, one will occasionally catapult the other into oblivion. The front exoskeleton is so hard you can’t even pierce it with a needle! Another interesting fact is when disturbed, rhinoceros beetles can produce loud hissing squeaks. These aren’t actually vocal noises—instead, they’re produced when the beetle rubs its abdomen and wing covers together. Found in Asia (China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam), they love to munch on rotten wood, nectar, old fruit, and veggies, Also called Eupatorus gracilicornis and Chalcosoma moellenkampi by its scientific names, they are a family of the Scarabaeidae
*Beetles will vary on availability
Scientific Name: Eupatorus gracilicornis, Chalcosoma caucus
Common Name: 1, 3 or 5 Horned rhinoceros beetles
Origin: Southeast Asia
Dimensions: 8 x 10" Black Shadowbox Frame
They use their long horns to battle other males over females or food sites. Armored with a powerful exoskeleton and the ability to fly despite their massive size, make them tenacious survivors. They are active mostly at night to avoid some of the few predators capable to prey on them. There are so many interesting things about the rhinoceros beetles, some rhino beetles, are capable to lift it's own weight by 850 times. Because of that strength, when 2 males wrestle with each other, one will occasionally catapult the other into oblivion. The front exoskeleton is so hard you can’t even pierce it with a needle! Another interesting fact is when disturbed, rhinoceros beetles can produce loud hissing squeaks. These aren’t actually vocal noises—instead, they’re produced when the beetle rubs its abdomen and wing covers together. Found in Asia (China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam), they love to munch on rotten wood, nectar, old fruit, and veggies, Also called Eupatorus gracilicornis and Chalcosoma moellenkampi by its scientific names, they are a family of the Scarabaeidae
*Beetles will vary on availability
Scientific Name: Eupatorus gracilicornis, Chalcosoma caucus
Common Name: 1, 3 or 5 Horned rhinoceros beetles
Origin: Southeast Asia
Dimensions: 8 x 10" Black Shadowbox Frame
They use their long horns to battle other males over females or food sites. Armored with a powerful exoskeleton and the ability to fly despite their massive size, make them tenacious survivors. They are active mostly at night to avoid some of the few predators capable to prey on them. There are so many interesting things about the rhinoceros beetles, some rhino beetles, are capable to lift it's own weight by 850 times. Because of that strength, when 2 males wrestle with each other, one will occasionally catapult the other into oblivion. The front exoskeleton is so hard you can’t even pierce it with a needle! Another interesting fact is when disturbed, rhinoceros beetles can produce loud hissing squeaks. These aren’t actually vocal noises—instead, they’re produced when the beetle rubs its abdomen and wing covers together. Found in Asia (China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam), they love to munch on rotten wood, nectar, old fruit, and veggies, Also called Eupatorus gracilicornis and Chalcosoma moellenkampi by its scientific names, they are a family of the Scarabaeidae
*Beetles will vary on availability