Rhinoceros Beetles can fly strongly and are attracted to lights at night. That would be like an elephant carrying 850 elephants on its back. However, A huge African elephant can only carry up to 25% of its own weight on its back and as the Rhino Beetle can carry 850 times their own weight, there is no contest. You would also think something as massive as an elephant would be able to carry more weight than a little insect. To put this into perspective, if a human of average height and weight had the strength of the rhinoceros beetle, it would be able to lift a 65 ton object. They can lift up to 850 times their own weight. Rhinoceros beetles are the strongest animals on the planet, proportionally. The females are quite plain and less frequently seen. The victorious male with the feeding site can then often attract a mate.
The horn of the male is not used for protection but rather for the occasional battle with another male over a feeding site. They cannot bite or sting or hurt you with their horns. In spite of their fierce appearance, they are all totally harmless. It is not possible to say what the average life span is because the name rhino beetle refers to about 300 different species of scarab beetles, some live in tropical countries and some live in North America and so the length of their lives varies a lot. Rhino beetles have three instars, that is, they go through three molts before changing into the pupae stage. The larvae, on the other hand, eat a great deal of rotting wood or the compost in which they live. In spite of their size, they do not eat very much. Adults feed on nectar, plant sap and fruit. As with all beetles, the Rhinoceros Beetle larvae (grubs) hatch from eggs and develop into pupae and these eventually develop into adult beetles. Their larval stage is long, several years in some species. If a squeaking beetle is examined closely, the abdomen can be seen moving in time with the squeaks. The hissing squeak is merely a bluff and is produced by rubbing the abdomen against the ends of the wing covers. The fearsome appearance of these beetles is increased by the loud hissing squeaks they give when disturbed. During the day, they hide under logs or in vegetation and are invisible from the few predators big enough to want to eat them. The best protection they have from predators is their usually large size combined with being nocturnal (activity being at night). Using its horns, it can dig its way out of a sticky situation by burying itself underground, escaping danger. Scientists believe that the beetle has become so strong to be able to forage through heavy litter on the jungle floor and dig its way to safety. The male Rhinoceros Beetles use their horns in mating battles against other males. The two horns almost meet and by moving its head the beetle can pinch weakly with them. They have two horns, one on the top of the head and the other projecting forward from the middle of the thorax. Rhino Beetles reach 60 millimetres in length. The Rhinoceros Beetle is aptly named because it has horns on its head, very much like the rhinoceros does. Rhinoceros Beetles are among the largest of beetles in the world.
The Rhinoceros Beetle (or Rhino Beetle) belongs to the subfamily (Dynastinae) and is part of the family of scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae).
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