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The grubs of the Rhinoceros beetles' diet consists of decomposing plant matter, stumps, rotten fruit, and dead leaves. You can find most of these grubs in the stumps of trees that they have drilled into, up from the ground. The enemies of the Rhino Beetle grubs are skunks, other mammals, and even other arthropods. Unlike the grubs, what the adult beetle eats is very unknown. They have been seen consuming rotten fruit and the bark of ash trees. The eggs of Rhinoceros beetles are not safe. There is a certain mite that feeds on them. It is about the same size of the egg and lives underground. | The grubs of the Rhinoceros beetles' diet consists of decomposing plant matter, stumps, rotten fruit, and dead leaves. You can find most of these grubs in the stumps of trees that they have drilled into, up from the ground. The enemies of the Rhino Beetle grubs are skunks, other mammals, and even other arthropods. Unlike the grubs, what the adult beetle eats is very unknown. They have been seen consuming rotten fruit and the bark of ash trees. The eggs of Rhinoceros beetles are not safe. There is a certain mite that feeds on them. It is about the same size of the egg and lives underground. | ||
The Mydas fly Maggot, another predator of Rhino beetle eggs, digs into the ground and eats the eggs.[http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/beetles/hercules/hercules.htm#ecology] These predators control the Rhino beetle population. Other adult species of Rhinoceros beetles eat nectar, plant sap, and fruit.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino_beetle] | The Mydas fly Maggot, another predator of Rhino beetle eggs, digs into the ground and eats the eggs.[http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/beetles/hercules/hercules.htm#ecology] These predators control the Rhino beetle population. Other adult species of Rhinoceros beetles eat nectar, plant sap, and fruit.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino_beetle] | ||
