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Enormous Elephant Beetle Kept as a pet by a coco nut sales man near a banana factory in Costa Rica. Beetles,Costa Rica,Elephant beetle,Insects,Megasoma elephas Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Enormous Elephant Beetle

Kept as a pet by a coco nut sales man near a banana factory in Costa Rica.

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  1. View Wendy's profile
    Wendy
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    What a special insect!
    Do you also have one photo from the side?     Posted 14 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      Yes I do:
      Hercules Beetle sideview Totally out of focus, sorry, but this shows the side of a Hercules Beetle. Beetles,Costa Rica,Dynastes Hercules,Hercules Beetle,Insects

      It is of a poor quality, but at least you can see the side :)       Posted 14 years ago
      1. View Martin Lagerwey's profile
        Martin Lagerwey
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        Ferdy, I believe this beetle is Megasoma elephas, the Elephant beetle. http://hidephotography.com/getpage.php?pg=search&sr=Megasoma%20elephas
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_beetle
        Dynastes have a large horn on the pronotum which is lacking in Megasoma and your specimen.
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_beetle         Posted 9 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
          Ferdy Christant
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          One of my earliest photos here, thanks so much for the correction! Posted 9 years ago

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The Elephant beetle

Elephant Beetle are part of the Scarabaeidae family and the subfamily Dynastinae. They are classified with the Neotropical rhinoceros beetles.

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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Jun 11, 2011. Captured Jul 7, 2007 16:26.
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