Moellenkampi beetle
The Moellenkampi beetle is a huge rhinoceros beetle from the island of Borneo. Big males have three long horns, two on the back and one on the head. Its shell shines like polished metal.
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Fun facts
Big males fight with their horns and try to throw each other off a branch.
Small males have short horns and are much more peaceful.
Its babies, called grubs, can weigh as much as 100 grams, about as heavy as a bar of chocolate.
Growing from egg to beetle takes 13 to 18 months.
The beetles fly around at night to find new places.
Most asked questions about Moellenkampi beetle
?How big is the Moellenkampi beetle?
Big males reach about 110 millimetres with the horn. Females are 45 to 60 millimetres and have no horns.
?Why do rhinoceros beetles have horns?
Big males use their horns to fight other males for the best feeding places.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chalcosoma moellenkampi
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Moellenkampi beetle (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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