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Bug fighting "Wiki" / Megasoma elephas (Elephant beetle)
« Last post by Dutch on November 07, 2020, 04:52:29 pm »Megasoma elephas (Elephant beetle)
Image:
Size (male, with horns): Up to about 5 inches long
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
Tactic: Charge them, get my horn under them, and either throw or shove them off the log. (These beetles sometimes fight other species in the wild.) [1]
Fights:
Vs Parry stag beetle (Hexarthrius parryi)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (rematch)
Fighting average: 0.34
Care: https://beetlesaspets.blogspot.com/2016/03/megasoma-elephas-elephas-breeding.html
Footnotes:
[1]: https://www.mediastorehouse.com/auscape/nature-production-collection/elephant-beetle-megasoma-elephas-18968835.html?nochkip=1&pid=6989
Gallery:

Image:

Size (male, with horns): Up to about 5 inches long
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
Tactic: Charge them, get my horn under them, and either throw or shove them off the log. (These beetles sometimes fight other species in the wild.) [1]
Fights:
Vs Parry stag beetle (Hexarthrius parryi)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (rematch)
Fighting average: 0.34
Care: https://beetlesaspets.blogspot.com/2016/03/megasoma-elephas-elephas-breeding.html
Footnotes:
[1]: https://www.mediastorehouse.com/auscape/nature-production-collection/elephant-beetle-megasoma-elephas-18968835.html?nochkip=1&pid=6989
Gallery:

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