Black Pan Beetle (Enema pan) (Fabricius, 1775)

 

 

Enema pan is found in the Neotropics, from southern Mexico to southeastern Brazil. It inhabits tropical forests, including bamboo forests. This is a large beetle, 45-60 mm in length; both sexes possess a frontal horn, and the males also a pair of thoracic horns. By snapped the head horn back against the fork of the thoracic horns, the male can grab and move the other males during ritualistic combats, carry females, or deliver a painful pinch to a handler! These beetles emerge at the beginning of the rainy season. The male excavates a burrow, as deep as 1 m, and awaits at the entrance, presumably for females. The adults feed on rotting fruit.

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