Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle

Oryctes rhinoceros

Description

Oryctes rhinoceros is a pest for palm plants. The body is dark brown or black in color. On the ventral part of the body has reddish-brown hair. The female also has the reddish-brown hair on the tip of the abdomen. It has horn used for leverage when moving within tightly-packed leaves or cavity it creates in palms. The male’s horn is longer than the females.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

33-40 mm

Ar

Arboreal

He

Herbivore

Te

Terrestrial

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Arthropoda

CLASS

:

Insecta

ORDER

:

Coleoptera

FAMILY

:

Scarabaeidae

GENUS

:

Oryctes

SPECIES

:

Oryctes rhinoceros

Distribution

Chlorophorus annularis could be found in bamboo fields.

Geography

Continent : Asia, America

Country : India, Pakistan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hawaii

Habits and Lifestyle

Oryctes rhinoceros adults fly from one to another tree to feed or to mate. The adults spend most of their time by eating fresh leaves.

Lifestyle

Terrestrial, arboreal

Biome

Tropical rain forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

Oryctes rhinoceros eats palms leaves, while the larvae eat decaying materials of the plants.

Diet : Herbivore, folivore

Mating Habits

Oryctes rhinoceros female deposit its eggs inside dead plant palms, decaying plants material and high organic content soil.

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods : –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : –

Population

Population status : Not Evaluated (NE)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/palms/Oryctes_rhinoceros.htm
  2. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/37974