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Rhino Beetle

Enema pan

Photo by LeonardoMB
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Field Notes

Habitat:

I found this specimen in my militar barracks, on a region of transition between the Cerrado and Atlantic Florest.

Notes:

It has a great strength. Inclusive, when I took it in hand, he held my finger between his horns, to the point of to stick it.

Reference Links:

Enema pan - Overview, Enema pan - Wikipedia, Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles-Scarabaeidae-Dynastinae

Species ID Suggestions

Rhino Beetle

Enema pan

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bayucca
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Comments (4)
Sergio Monteiro
Maravilha, Leonardo. Eu costumava ver um monte destes quando morava em Assis.
bayucca
Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Oryctini, Enema pan. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/51236030 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enema_pan,_Peru_(3).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enema_pan,_Peru_(2).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enema_pan,_Peru_(1).jpg http://museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Scarabs-for-Kids/images/horns/Enema%20pan.jpg http://collectionneurdinsectes.com/product/enema-pan/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enema_pan_Fabricius,_1775_male_(3549233802).jpg http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21085046
LeonardoMB
I really had never seen a "Rhino Beetle" with a horn so big like that.

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PublishedNovember 26, 2013

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