tags: netwing beetle, Trilobite beetle, Lycidae, beetles, insects, streaming video
Just in time for Hallowe'en: This video shows a juvenile netwing beetle, sometimes known as the Trilobite beetle due to the plates on its back (scutes). Firefly larvae also have scutes. This individual was collected in the Puhipi mountains of Laos [2:02]
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tags: shark, octopus, streaming video
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tags: pets, insects, beetles, coleoptera, hercules beetle, neptune beetle
Male Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules hercules,
from South America. This is a popular pet throughout Asia, especially in Japan.
Orphaned image.
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A male western hercules beetle, Arizona.
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Cool. What do they eat? better yet, HOW do they eat?
As far as I know, the larvae feed on micro-organisms that live in rotting wood.
What I find even more interesting is that while the males metamorphose and turn into small little beetles, the females actually become sexually mature while they're still in the larval stage.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/vines/8983/stories/trilobit.html
thanks for the additional information about this odd insect, hai-ren! i appreciate this.
That HAS to be one of the coolest insects EVER. Whoa. Yeah. CooooOOOOOOooOOOOOooooolllllll......