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Xylotrupes socrates
It is a male beetle, having two shortly bifurcated horns. About 3.5cm long and 2cm.wide. It consumes plant-saps of wounds created by others. It's larva eats rotten woods. Males generally fight with their horns.
It was on a orange plant.
Spotted on Sep 5, 2021
Submitted on Sep 5, 2021
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