five-horned Rhinoceros Beetle
five-horned Rhinoceros Beetle
Eupatorus gracilicornis
Insecta
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
1-2 years
Size
Large
Diet
Herbivore
Activity
Nocturnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Southeast Asia
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Armor
Status
Rare

About

The five-horned rhinoceros beetle is a large beetle with four large horns on its thorax and one extra-long horn on its head. These beetles have a distinctive horn-like structure on their mandibles.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Eupatorus
Species
Eupatorus gracilicornis