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== | == Anatomy == | ||
[[Image:example.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Description]] | [[Image:example.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Description]] | ||
This beetle gets its name from the horns projecting from its head. The Rhinoceros beetle can reach lengths to 60mm in length. They have a horn on the thorax and another horn pointing forward from the center thorax. [http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/insects/beetles/beetle_rhino.html] | This beetle gets its name from the horns projecting from its head. The Rhinoceros beetle can reach lengths to 60mm in length. They have a horn on the thorax and another horn pointing forward from the center thorax. [http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/insects/beetles/beetle_rhino.html] | ||
The bodies of most beetles are covered by a thick exoskeleton. It has a pair of think horny wings that are a protective covering to the membranous wings underneath. All beetles fly but due to there size and there heavy horny wings they aren't very good. | The bodies of most beetles are covered by a thick exoskeleton. It has a pair of think horny wings that are a protective covering to the membranous wings underneath. All beetles fly but due to there size and there heavy horny wings they aren't very good. | ||
== Reproduction == | == Reproduction == | ||
