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== Anatomy == | == Anatomy == | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Rhino Beetle.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. Their body consists of three parts. The three parts are the head thorax and the abdomen. The tracheal system of this insect takes in oxygen and then leads it to a system of tubes that are located around the body and then are lead to very delicate fibers. The blood of the beetle is not used to transport oxygen.[http://www.goliathus.com/en/beetles.php] | 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. Their body consists of three parts. The three parts are the head thorax and the abdomen. The tracheal system of this insect takes in oxygen and then leads it to a system of tubes that are located around the body and then are lead to very delicate fibers. The blood of the beetle is not used to transport oxygen.[http://www.goliathus.com/en/beetles.php] | ||
