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Dynastes neptunus (Neptune beetle)
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Size (male, with horns): Up and over 5 inches long
General info: This is a slightly smaller relative of the Hercules beetle.
Damage type: Shove (body)
Damage level: High Beetle-class (body)
Armor durability level: High Strong-class to high Tank-class
Immune system durability level: Unknown; likely high Widow-class
Speed level: Low Beetle-class
Eyesight level: Carabid-class
Intelligence level: Beetle-class
Fights:
Vs Giant Fork-horned stag beetle (Hexathrius mandibularis) [1]
Vs Sumatra stag beetle (Dorcus titanus titanus)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (rematch)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) (rematch)
Vs Caucasus beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus) (second rematch)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (second rematch)
Vs Hexarthrius parryi
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (third rematch)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (fourth rematch)
Vs Moellenkampi beetle (Chalcosoma moellenkampi)
Vs Actaeon beetle (Megasoma actaeon)
Vs unknown Chalcosoma species
Fighting average: 0.29
How to get: This species can be found in South America, particularly in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Care: Keep them like other rhino beetles. Feed the adults tree sap, and the larvae rotten wood.
Footnotes:
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