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Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules
Dynastes hercules of Central and South American rainforest is the longest beetle in the world, with exceptional males reaching about 17 cm - but more than half of that is horn. The male carries an enormous forward-projecting thoracic horn opposed by a smaller horn on the head, a…
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- The Hercules beetle has the longest body length of any living beetle species, with some males reaching up to 17 centimeters including their horns.
- The humidity colour change is reversible and happens within minutes; collectors can watch a beetle turn from black to olive as it dries out. Males in Japan and Taiwan are farmed and fought as a hobby, and prize specimens sell for hundreds of dollars. The larva outweighs the adult it becomes, because much of the grub's mass is spent building the horn and flight apparatus rather than carried into adulthood.
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