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Sunday 13 June 2021

 Rhinoceros Beetle



This male Sinodendron cylindricum flew across my garden in Ovenden this afternoon and landed on my hand!




I first posted pictures of these to this blog several years ago the first time I saw them in the garden. Good to know they are still here and shows how worth while it is to leave dead wood as a habitat for beetle larvae and other wildlife. I suspect they are coming from the remains of a large tree that died around 25 years ago. This individual was about 15mm long and an extremely strong flyer - taking off in an instant and making straight for the top of a nearby tree about as tall as the house.