#3502 · 🪲 beetles

Herculeskever

Dynastes hercules

🪲 Beetles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © jmass · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © miky-tk_25 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Chana · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © miky-tk_25 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © narberthnaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Bouillante, Guadeloupe:© Laurent Fey · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Allée Merwart, Petit-Bourg, GP:© Regis Raux · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe:© osmb · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Saint Andrew Parish, Dominica:© sk131 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Goyave 97128, Guadeloupe:© artiju · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Hercules beetle ( Dynastes hercules , Dynastinae) is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the rainforests of Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles, and is the longest extant species of beetle in the world, and is also one of the largest flying insects in the world.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 96iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).