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Stag beetlePerhaps if you ever get to the places where these giant species live, do not expect easy encounter individuals mentioned dimensions. Like all too often have met a man who measured two meters twenty, and in the case of beetles are common subjects usually a few inches shorter than specified below:

  • Titanus giganteus - 22 cm
  • Dynastes hercules - 19 cm
  • Macrodontia cervicornis - 17,5 cm
  • Xixuthrus heyrovskyi, Xixuthrus heros - 15 cm
  • Megasoma elephas - 14 cm
  • Dynastes neptunus - 14 cm
  • Chalcosoma atlas - 13 cm
  • Goliathus regius, Goliathus goliathus - 12 cm
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