2023-09-18 00:00:00
A recent investigation carried out by a international team of scientists determined that the Hercules beetle (Dynsastes hercules) is the strongest and most powerful insect of all those that currently inhabit the earth.
Originally from the rainforests of Central and South Americawhere it can be found in large quantities central-western Bolivia and in the area that borders the Argentine province of Jujuylos adult males reach 17 centimeters in lengthincluding its long thoracic horns, while they can weigh up to 135 gramswhich makes it the largest of the six known species of the genus Dynastes.
But the most surprising, and worrying, thing about the Hercules beetle is its enormous strength and bite when attacking or defending against their predatorssince it has a jaw so big and powerful, capable of exercising surprising and lethal pressure in his victims.
In fact, specialists determined that Its bite is equivalent to a force of up to 850 times your body weight.-hence its name, in reference to the powerful mythological hero Hercules-, which is really surprising, taking into account its significant size, being an insect.
Los males possess two horns provided with very thick hairs –one located in the thorax and another in the head -, which, in some cases, are much longer than your body and they are strongly linked to reproductionsince they use them as weapons in their fights for possession of the females.
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