Usually found in compost or decaying plant material. Photos in this post were taken in Bengkulu Sumatra Indonesia. The female is a matt black and lacks the horns.
The average duration of the different developmental stages was: egg 21 d, total larval period 188 d, prepupa 14 d, pupa 32 d, adult female 102 d, adult male 90 d. Average egg production was 55 eggs per female. They have two chitinous bifurcated horns, a thick thoracic horn and a smaller cephalic horn, which they … A method for breeding Xylotrupes gideon u/wws is described. Mature larvae to 5 cm long are greyish with a dark brown head and are curled into a semi-circle. M No Dy3038: Xylotrupes florensis (Flores Is.)
''Xylotrupes gideon'' can reach a length of 3.5–7 centimetres .
This is the female of rhinoceros beetle. Indonesia: 5M: 9 No Dy3077: Xylotrupes gideon gideon (W.Java +60~+65mm) Indonesia: 50M: 50 No Dy3085: Xylotrupes gideon sondaicus (Timor Is.) Additional image. Adults make a hissing noise when disturbed. This beetle is from the family of Scarabaeidae under genus of Xylotrupes.The scientific name for this species is Xylotrupes gideon (Guérin-Méneville, 1830). As usual with horn beetles there is a great difference between the genders. Xylotrupes carinulus: P.N.G. Males are larger than females. Xylotrupes gideon can reach a length of 3.5–7 centimetres (1.4–2.8 in). In the field larvae were found under Indonesia: 7M: 10 No Dy3011: Xylotrupes gideon sumatrensis (Sumatra +80mm) Indonesia: M: 8 No And feed on the soft bark of trees. As usual with horn beetles there is a great difference between the genders. Males are larger than females. Female Xylotrupes gideon
The huge sized Dynastinae include the very common Rhinoceros beetles Xylotrupes gideon, Scapanes australis, Eupatorus beccarii, the introduced Oryctes and Papuana spp.