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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Phileurini » Phileurus » Triceratops Beetle (Phileurus truncatus)
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Bat Faced Beetle. he he. - Phileurus truncatus
Copyright © 2010 Steven A. Bailey

Bat Faced Beetle. he he. - Phileurus truncatus
Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA
July 15, 2010

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Contributed by Steven A. Bailey on 15 July, 2010 - 3:25pm
Last updated 15 July, 2010 - 4:34pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… margarethe brummermann, 15 July, 2010 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

Phileurus truncatus
"Triceratops beetle" or "Double-horned rhino beetle"

Can be locally abundant...and also carnivorous - carnivory is a rare trait in Dynastine Scarabs!

Our captives feed on fruit + crickets, earthworms & canned dog food!
The grubs are fond of other scarab grubs,..in particular Dynastes!

They frequent large hardwood trees with substantial "lightening damage" ...interestingly so does Dynastes tityus (Hmmmm?)
… Bill Reynolds, 15 July, 2010 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

 
When I've found grubs in the
When I've found grubs in the wild it was always in the trunks of rotten hardwood trees that were still standing. Although I have found P. valgus in horizontal rotten logs, I've never found truncatus in anything but vertical ones.

I know that both truncatus and valgus have been known to venture down inside chimneys - possibly thinking they are holes in rotten trees.

Steven
… Steven Barney, 16 July, 2010 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Same here
Perhaps the attraction to chimneys might be the same phenom as that to lightening-burned vertical trees...????

interesting!
… Bill Reynolds, 16 July, 2010 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

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