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	HERCULES BEETLES Critter Files/Insects/Beetles/Hercules Beetles/Male Fighting By Blake Newton University of Kentucky Department of Entomology

MALE HERCULES BEETLES FIGHTING:

Male Hercules beetles that are together when females are present will combat each other and cause damage with their horns. Below is a close-up view of a male pronotum that has been damaged from fighting with another male.

Photos By B. Wallin, Univerisity of Kentucky, 2003

Photos courtesy B. Wallin, R. Bessin, and B. Newton, University of Kentucky
The Kentucky Critter Files are maintained by Blake Newton, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky.
Contact: blaken@uky.edu