Golofa claviger PERU

£6.95

Twin horned Rhino beetle

Sex: Male

Quality: A1-/A1 (good to perfect)

Format: Unmounted, papered, wings folded requires relaxing and setting

Availability: 7 in stock SKU: WB9888

Description

Taxonomy Identification: Family, Dynastidae, First named by Linnaeus in 1771

Colour: The pronotum (thorax cover) is coloured in a dark mahogany brown. The elytra (wing coverings) are a more chestnut brown, with black central line. The legs are black.

Size: Length measuring from the tip of jaw/head/horn to end on abdomen but excluding legs and antenna 50-55+mm

Comments & Applications: This is a most unusual collectable rhinoceros beetle with particularly curious  horns on the head and prothorax. Always a popular species and perfect for applications in framing domes, artwork, photography, interior design and film

Format: Male. Unmounted, papered, requires relaxing and setting

More information: Wikipedia

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