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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Trypoxylus dichotomus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Trypoxylus

Species

Trypoxylus dichotomus

Insecta🌿 Herbivore

Japanese rhinoceros beetle

Trypoxylus dichotomus (Japanese rhinoceros beetle · カブトムシ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)NE (Not Evaluated)

Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Herbivore

Length · Height

3.5~5.3cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Broadleaf forests with oak and chestnut trees (adults gather at tree sap); larvae inside rotting leaf litter and wood

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 A body length of 53 mm equals the length of two Korean 500-won coins (diameter 26.5 mm) placed side by side (Comparison).
💡 Korea's Rural Development Administration Cyber Insect Ecology Garden notes that although adults favor oak sap, because it is hard to obtain, they can be raised on insect jelly or sweet fruits such as bananas.

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#장수풍뎅이#Trypoxylus dichotomus

📖 1. Overview

The Japanese rhinoceros beetle is a beetle in the family Scarabaeidae and an exceptionally large species among Korean scarab beetles. It lives throughout the Korean Peninsula and is also distributed in Japan and China.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its body is reddish-brown to blackish-brown. Males have glossy bodies and antler-shaped horns with forked tips on the head and pronotum, whereas females are matte, covered with short hairs, and have a short, stout tubercle instead of horns.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

Adults are nocturnal, gathering at sap on oak and chestnut trees in midsummer and flying to lights. Larvae feed on decaying plant matter such as fallen leaves and rotting wood, overwinter, and pupate and emerge as adults in June–July of the following year.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

The 'Jangsupungdeng-i' (Korean name, listed as Allomyrina dichotoma) entry in the National List of Species of Korea notes that it inhabits the entire Korean Peninsula and requires approval for export abroad.