Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros)

About Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Arthropods
• Class: Insects
• Order: Beetles
• Family: Scarabs

Oryctes rhinoceros, also known as coconut rhinoceros beetle, Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, and coconut palm rhinoceros beetle, is a large species of beetle, belonging to the rhinoceros beetles subfamily Dynastinae. Oryctes rhinoceros attacks coconut palms and other palms such as the economically important oil palm. It can cause serious damage to the developing fronds (leaves) up to death of the palm. The beetle breeds in decaying palm trunks or other organic matter like sawdust or compost heaps.

Source: Wikipedia