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brown rhinoceros beetle

Xylotrupes gideon

Description:

It has two chitinous bifurcated horns, a thick thoracic horn and a smaller cephalic horn, which it use to eliminate its rivals during the mating period.[ These beetles are shiny dark red, dark brown, or black in coloration.

Habitat:

Forest

Notes:

Spotted in soybean field

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Jawa Barat, Indonesia

Spotted on Jul 6, 2016
Submitted on Jul 23, 2016

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