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Description:

huge fat larvae/grub, as thick as my thumb

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

I found this along the trail in Ujung kulon national park. I was blown away to see something this huge.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Elephant Beetle
Megasoma Elephant beetle


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6 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 9 years ago

Thanks Chun. Still have lots more to go to, including around batch from Tawau hills.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 9 years ago

I have sure missed lots of cool new spottings from you when I was away.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 9 years ago

Thanks pam and Barbara. Hmmm, I'm not sure which one is it. It kind of looks like it could be either one to me.

BarbaraSing
BarbaraSing 9 years ago

A beautiful beetle larva. (Elephant?)

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

They are huge. They live in my compost heap in Tamil Nadu, India

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

Dan, it could be this one Though I'm not so sure of the scientific name
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/175...
or the Hercules beetle
http://www.beetlebreeding.ch/dynastes-he...

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Banten, Indonesia

Spotted on Nov 23, 2013
Submitted on Sep 21, 2014

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