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Siamese rhinoceros beetles

Xylotrupes gideon

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Description:

The male beetle (length including horn 5 cm / 2 inches) had been keeping the company of one or two Giant Click Beetles for the last 5 days. See: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/838616005
Then this evening FINALLY - the right species of - SHE arrived!!!

Habitat:

Hills overlooking Manila.

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PublishedSeptember 22, 2014

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