rhinoceros beetle - insect belonging to the family of scarab and the type of arthropods.Its habitats are located everywhere except taiga and tundra.Preference is given to forest with deciduous trees.It can be found in the gardens, as well as in areas with artificial plantings.The name of this insect is very well suited to his appearance.Beetles really like a real rhinoceros.Similarly, animal, they possess on the front of the head outgrowth - horn.In addition, the beetle's body is covered with a thick layer of chitin "armor."Slowness of gait and all the guise of this insect makes it a miniature likeness of a large animal.
rhinoceros beetle has a massive body, which may reach a length of twenty-five to forty centimeters.His legs were strong and thick.Front designed to perform the functions of digging and rear with small spikes and teeth - for support.Males have a beetle on pronotum Tridentata cross elevation.Recurved horn is located on the head.In females at the bow rises just a small bump.The back of the beetle may have a different color depending on the environment.It varies from reddish-brown to dark brown in color.The limbs and belly is much lighter.Their outer cover are yellowish-brown hairs.Chitin carapace insect has a shiny surface.
rhinoceros beetle belonging to the class of insects, has a similar to other representatives of this class structure.Of course, and the body itself consists of several segments - segments.Three pairs of feet designed to walk are on the breast beetle.They consist of five segments.Located on the limbs rather large distance from each other.This creates the impression that the beetle wide apart her legs.The insect is active at dusk.Beetle great summer.Without stopping, he is able to cover a distance of fifty kilometers.
surprising feature of the insect is doing his nadkrylkami as semiconductors.They appear when exposed to ultraviolet rays.Rhinoceros beetle, the power of which is still uncertain until the end, according to one uses the juice of plants Liquefaction or food.Other experts are of the opinion that there Afaq.That is, some scientists believe that the insect does not eat at all.During its existence, it uses the nutrients that accumulated larva rhinoceros beetle.Confirmation of the first version is the structure of the mouth of the insect.Her chewing surfaces are underdeveloped and do not have teeth to grind solid foods.At the same time the lower jaw are covered with thick brushes of long hairs, which are supposed to contribute to the collection of sap.Confirmation of a second opinion is a condition of the digestive organs.They are almost completely atrophied.
rhinoceros beetle breathes atmospheric air entering the respiratory system through its spiracles, which are located on the abdomen and chest.The circulatory system of the insect is not closed.Heart beetle is back.It is a pipe divided into chambers having valve openings.Government allocation of beetle represented the fat body and Malpighian tubules.In the management of the main processes of functioning of the entire body of the insect's central nervous system is involved.Well-developed sense organs, together with the horn beetle contribute to the success orientation in space.The insect is very strong.It is able to move the load, which exceeds the weight of its own weight in a thousand times.
