Something About Hercules Beetles

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Hercules beetles are found throughout tropical jungles and rain forests of Central and South America,where they spend the majority of their time foraging through the leaf-litter on the forest floor in search of food. Fallen debris also helps to hide these enormous insects as they move about.

There are 13 known species of Hercules beetles found in the jungles of South America and the Hercules beetle was named for its sheer size as a few males have been known to reach nearly 7 inc long. Although it's quite rare for these beetles to get quite so big,the average adult Hercules beetles are usually between 4 and 15 cm long depending on the species.

The most distinctive feature of the Hercules beetles has to be the enormous horn-like pincers which protrude from the forehead of the males.These horns can grow longer than the beetle's bodies and are mainly used for solving disputes with other male Hercules beetles.Female Hercules beetles don't have horns but their bodies are though to be larger,but shorter than their male counterparts.

The Hercules beetle is an omnivorous animal,but its diet both in its larvae and adult stages is primarily made up of decaying plant matter.Rotting wood is the favored meal of the Hercules beetles,
along with fruits and other plant matter and the occasional small insect.