Ox beetle
The ox beetle is a big rhinoceros beetle with three horns on its back, a bit like a Triceratops. The biggest males have the longest horns. The female has only a tiny horn, which she uses for digging.
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Fun facts
Some males are big with long horns, others are smaller with short horns.
In summer many ox beetles fly to lights at night.
The larvae grow for about four to six months before they change into adults.
Gardeners do not love the larvae, because they eat the roots of lawn grass.
The grown-ups are out from May to November.
Most asked questions about Ox beetle
?How big is an ox beetle?
About 2.5 to 3.8 centimetres long, not counting the horns.
?Is the ox beetle dangerous?
No, it is harmless to people.
?What does an ox beetle eat?
Adults eat flowers and fruit, and the larvae eat roots.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Strategus aloeus
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
Where the facts come from
- Strategus aloeus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Liveon001 ©Travis Witt. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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