Approximately 2-inch long scarab beetle with tan-colored wing covers (elytra), fuzzy tan hairs on the underside of the thorax, the long legs, and abdomen from protrude outward. The thorax is a rusty orange and bears a dark horn sporting a neatly combed tuft of long orange hair. The eyes are bulging spheres that bracket a shiny black spike that arcs upward toward the thorax horn. It’s resting on dark soil.

Approximately 2-inch long scarab beetle with tan-colored wing covers (elytra), fuzzy tan hairs on the underside of the thorax, the long legs, and abdomen from protrude outward. The thorax is a rusty orange and bears a dark horn sporting a neatly combed tuft of long orange hair. The eyes are bulging spheres that bracket a shiny black spike that arcs upward toward the thorax horn. It’s crawling on the back of a hand.

Close-up portrait of an approximately 2-inch long scarab beetle with tan-colored wing covers (elytra), fuzzy tan hairs on the underside of the thorax, the long legs, and abdomen from protrude outward. The thorax is a rusty orange and bears a dark horn sporting a neatly combed tuft of long orange hair. The eyes are bulging spheres that bracket a shiny black spike that arcs upward toward the thorax horn.

Gripping tightly to the white-trunk of a small rainforest tree, an approximately 2-inch long scarab beetle with tan-colored wing covers (elytra), fuzzy tan hairs on the underside of the thorax, the long legs, and abdomen from protrude outward. The thorax is a rusty orange and bears a dark horn sporting a neatly combed tuft of long orange hair. The eyes are bulging spheres that bracket a shiny black spike that arcs upward toward the thorax horn.

#Rhinocerus #beetle! This #Golofa sp. beetle smacked off the sheet behind the light like a winged-golfball & dropped the ground. Males use their headgear to battle each other for mates. The claws on those long legs are prickly-sharp! #Scarabaeidae #Dynastinae #Ecuador #RioQuijos #Amazonia