European Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes nasicornis)


European Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) by bill kralovec
European Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes nasicornis), a photo by bill kralovec on Flickr.

One of the students found this exoskeleton of the European Rhinoceros Beetle. It eats the wood on dead stumps and saw dust. The student only found the exoskeleton so obviously something had eaten it. It is a massive flying beetle and one can see why it is named after the rhino.


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