Insect Picture and Article » macrodontia cervicornis http://www.pharmasiana.com Thu, 13 May 2010 16:32:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Macrodontia Cervicornis the Largest Long Horned Beetle http://www.pharmasiana.com/coleoptera/macrodontia-cervicornis-the-largest-long-horned-beetle http://www.pharmasiana.com/coleoptera/macrodontia-cervicornis-the-largest-long-horned-beetle#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:21:08 +0000 http://pharmasiana.com/coleoptera/macrodontia-cervicornis-the-largest-long-horned-beetle Macrodontia cervicornis the long horned beetle. Macrodontia cervicornis the long horned beetle Above are the picture of Macrodontia cervicornis, the largest of long horned beetle.  The known specimens exceeding 17 cm in length. This beetle is capable of flight, raising the wing cases (elytra) and directing them forwards to allow room for the wings to beat. Macrodontia cervicornis has brown and black in color, with irregular, ornate black markings on the wing cases.  We can find this species in the rain forests of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

]]> http://www.pharmasiana.com/coleoptera/macrodontia-cervicornis-the-largest-long-horned-beetle/feed 0