European rhinoceros beetle - adults and larva - Hive Stock Images
Oryctes nasicornis is one of the largest beetles here in my area ...
... and adult males of this species look very cool.
The females are also large and cool ... but they don't have the long horn on their head ... so from the SF/Fantasy fan prospective they can appear slightly less cool. The life span of these adult insects is only about two weeks, and they don't eat at all. Members of this species spend most of their relatively long life ...
... in this larval stage.
The larvae grow in rotting wood ...
... or among decaying plants in thick layers of compost ... feeding on that material ...
... and depending on the quality of the food ...
... they need 2 - 4 years to grow enough ...
... and reach the next level.
I hope you'll find this collection of photographs useful for some of your project ...
... you can use them as you wish ...
... as always in these posts on HIVE, the photographs are my work.
Great to see you in this community as well :)
Thanks for sharing and have a great day neighbour :)
Thanks :) great day to you too ... I really like to explore communities and publish something if fits ... this stock community is a great idea.
Wow! You found their larvae as well! We found only the adults in our garden.
I found this one in one rotting stump in the woods, long ago ... but I discovered a few years ago that I'm actually growing them in the compost that I use in my garden :) ... maybe you also have them in some hidden place in the garden!
The photographs are great, you can see every detail, you must have an excellent camera to achieve something so great.
Happy tuesday mate
Thanks :) Have a great day.
@tipu curate :)
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very nice and perfect photo is just amazing.
Thanks :)
I love these beetles! They are so fascinating. I like that you caught the curled up one as well. I was wondering about that, because so many of these types of beetle larvae seem to curl up like this when inactive.