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== Anatomy == | == Anatomy == | ||
[[Image:Rhino Beetle.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Description]] | [[Image:Rhino Beetle.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Description]] | ||
This beetle gets its name from the horns projecting from its head. The Rhinoceros beetle can | This beetle gets its name from the horns projecting from its head. The Rhinoceros beetle can grow 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 | The bodies of most beetles are covered by a thick exoskeleton. It has a pair of thin horny wings that are a protective covering to the membranous wings underneath. All beetles can 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 Rhinoceros beetle has chewing mouthparts.[http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/beetles/hercules/hercules.htm#ecology] | The Rhinoceros beetle has chewing mouthparts.[http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/beetles/hercules/hercules.htm#ecology] | ||
