genus: ORYCTES
species: boas Fabricius 1775
origin: Ethiopia, Bedele leg. Petr Malec(4/2002); Zambia, Kabwe leg. Petr Malec(2/2005)
wild imago size: to 50 mm
sexual dimorphism: males with single horn
note: Common dynastid species found all over tropical Africa.
Larvae develop in rotten cow mulch. I haven`t reach oviposition either with wild collected adults or
captive hatched beetles. According my colleagues breeding in first generation is not complicated.
Oryctes boas ; Ethiopia, wild imago(>,>>) Zambia, hatched adult (>>>)
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