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Common rhinoceros beetle - Xylotrupes ulysses.  ( female ) Approx.45 mm long. Elephant beetle,Xylotrupes ulysses Click/tap to enlarge

Common rhinoceros beetle - Xylotrupes ulysses. ( female )

Approx.45 mm long.

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"Xylotrupes ulysses" is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to New Guinea. Male horns in several groups of this genus represent a special secondary sex characteristic. There is a bimodal horn-size distribution and there is a discrete male mating behavior correlated with each phenotype.

Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Ernst
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Uploaded Feb 29, 2020. Captured Feb 28, 2020 19:35.
  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/197s
  • ISO400
  • 135mm