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The adult beetle emerges between the end of March to May, and lives for a few months until autumn. It occurs mainly during the months of June and July and is very active, flying at dusk and by night, attracted by lights. In this stage they do not feed, consuming only the reserves accumulated during
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The rhinoceros beetle lives on wood, and the large larvae can be found in rotting wood stumps and around sawdust. At the margin of its distribution, the beetle is often found in connection with sawmills and horse racing tracks.
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338:One of the largest beetles found in Europe,
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366:inches), with a maximum of 47 mm (
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219:Oryctes nasicornis afghanistanicus
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327:Oryctes nasicornis turkestanicus
321:Oryctes nasicornis transcaspicus
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309:Oryctes nasicornis punctipennis
231:Oryctes nasicornis corniculatus
225:Oryctes nasicornis chersonensis
303:Oryctes nasicornis przevalskii
291:Oryctes nasicornis ondrejanus
249:Oryctes nasicornis hindenburgi
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317:Endrödi & Petrovitz, 1974
315:Oryctes nasicornis shiraticus
285:Oryctes nasicornis nasicornis
273:Oryctes nasicornis latipennis
305:Semenow & Medvedev, 1932
297:Oryctes nasicornis polonicus
255:Oryctes nasicornis holdhausi
940:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
419:With metric ruler for scale
267:Oryctes nasicornis kuntzeni
261:Oryctes nasicornis illigeri
205:belonging to the subfamily
24:European rhinoceros beetle
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593:Hillside Books, Canterbury
577:& G. Lachaume (2001).
484:Illustration of life cycle
237:Oryctes nasicornis edithae
193:European rhinoceros beetle
935:Beetles described in 1758
279:Oryctes nasicornis mariei
243:Oryctes nasicornis grypus
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61:Scientific classification
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589:The Beetles of the World
529:Distribution and habitat
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873:Scarabaeus nasicornis
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461:) is a parasitoid of
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201:) is a large flying
469:the larval stages.
459:Megascolia maculata
668:Oryctes nasicornis
638:Oryctes nasicornis
534:Oryctes nasicornis
463:O. nasicornis
390:sexually dimorphic
340:Oryctes nasicornis
198:Oryctes nasicornis
170:Oryctes nasicornis
152:O. nasicornis
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39:Oryctes nasicornis
930:Beetles of Europe
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765:iNaturalist
662:Wikispecies
538:Palaearctic
334:Description
329:Minck, 1915
299:Minck, 1916
293:Minck, 1916
269:Minck, 1914
263:Minck, 1915
257:Minck, 1914
251:Minck, 1915
227:Minck, 1915
925:Dynastinae
919:Categories
888:Q109599764
580:The genus
568:References
542:Dynastinae
428:Life cycle
213:Subspecies
207:Dynastinae
118:Coleoptera
98:Arthropoda
554:Near East
434:xylophagy
146:Species:
84:Kingdom:
78:Eukaryota
882:Wikidata
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550:Pakistan
386:pronotum
178:Linnaeus
124:Family:
94:Phylum:
88:Animalia
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582:Oryctes
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134:Genus:
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108:Insecta
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718:ORYCNA
705:982103
692:330141
552:, the
382:elytra
203:beetle
778:IRMNG
770:82774
605:Notes
520:Adult
897:GBIF
835:1658
817:NCBI
752:GBIF
713:EPPO
687:BOLD
679:8136
556:and
508:Pupa
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