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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 325 No. 325 |

European Rhinoceros Beetle
European Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) – species of family “Scarabs“

The European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) is a large flying beetle belonging to the subfamily Dynastinae.

Ancestry Graph

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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Death in the garden“ Otto, the earwig, experiences an environment that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to the use of neonicotinoids and confronts the deadly consequences of these insecticides for himself and other insects.

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Death in the garden

„European Rhinoceros Beetle“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily