Macro of female rhinoceros beetle

gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
edited January 12, 2007 in Holy Macro
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  • ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    You have some wicked bugs in your part of the world!
    Very cool to see them up close! Not so cool to see them crawling on your arm (shiver). eek7.gif:D

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  • ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
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    gus wrote:
    Thanks Elaine...i will really try to find a male...they are about twice the size of the female & have some great horns as you can see here.

    Whoa! Those are unreal! Hope you can find one soon, without getting carried off and eaten somewhere!

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited January 10, 2007
    :yikes
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
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    gus wrote:
    The females are every where at the moment...i have only seen one male but sadly he was squashed on the road.

    They make a loud hissing sound when you pick them up to scare you off & those hooks on their feet do make your skin crawl when they walk over you.

    Hey Gus, thats a good sized Beetle, I haven't seen a Rhino down here in years, the only one I've had someone actually gave it to me.
    We used to get those beautiful Christmas Beetles down this way too, but I haven't seen them in years either ne_nau.gif

    Good series mate thumb.gif ..... Skippy
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited January 10, 2007
    hey, they make my skin crawl just lookin' at your pics-

    I guess I'm just a good ol' redneck city boy-
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    Cool photos Gus!
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 10, 2007
    rhino beetle curry?
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    Sick!
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    Andy wrote:
    Sick!
    Don't knock it 'till you try it! lol3.gif
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  • riddim_makerriddim_maker Registered Users Posts: 1,835 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    eek7.gif ...:D ...thumb.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
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    I saw one of those suckers in Vietnam. We sicced a dog on it and it stood off the dog. Mean suckers.

    Good shots. thumb.gif
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
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  • FroggyFroggy Registered Users Posts: 610 Major grins
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    Are they the same species as a Japanese Beetle, very common in the fruit bearing months of California, they love my Fig tree, Bastards

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
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    Big bugs!!
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  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2007
    Aghhhhhhhhhhh...ok now i'm itchy all over!:heh
  • ysr612ysr612 Registered Users Posts: 148 Major grins
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    aren't they a dung beatle like the scarab. I let an atlas go in the com center in Viet nam you should have seen people run and hide.ne_nau.gif
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2007
    eek7.gifIs it harmless ??? or it is pet 3rd photo is very cool
    Cool macros loved them
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  • ThwackThwack Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins
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    If that bug was any larger, you could put a saddle on it and go riding! :D

    Nice pics.
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited January 12, 2007
    Thwack wrote:
    If that bug was any larger, you could put a saddle on it and go riding! :D

    Nice pics.
    Let's do the math... let's say the average person weighs 70kg. If the beetle can carry 850x its own weight, then it would only take one 80g beetle to carry you.

    Gus, I can't find how much these suckers weigh, but I'm guessing its on the order of (tens) of grams? headscratch.gif
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
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    gus wrote:
    rolleyes1.gif no idea...i did say i googled it.
    no, i'm really curious because I couldn't find it when I googled. You had on attached to your hand - did it weigh as much as a cherry ripe bar? a can of coke? less?
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
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    gus wrote:
    Actually you just had to google 'rhinoceros beetle 850'
    I already looked at all of those.

    Nevermind, I was just having a scientist-nerd moment. And I already told you I'm keeping my camera bag 2 city blocks away from you! blbl.gif
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