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Horned Passalid

Odontotaenius disjunctus

The Horned Passalid is a cool beetle with big horns! They love to live in decaying wood and help break it down. These beetles are fun to watch as they scurry around in the forest.

Lebensraum: Forests

Aussehen

The Horned Passalid is a large, shiny black beetle with deeply grooved wing covers (elytra). Males have a distinctive, short horn on their head. Its robust, elongated body makes it look like a miniature tank.

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Horned Passalid
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Horned Passalid

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Both mom and dad beetles work together to raise their babies!

Horned Passalids are the only truly social beetles found in North America!

They can live for several years hidden deep inside logs!

They hum, hiss, and click to 'talk' to family members!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Talking Beetle

Horned Passalid can 'talk' using over 10 different sounds by rubbing body parts, which helps them communicate within their log home.

Fähigkeit

Team Parent

Horned Passalid parents chew and prepare wood for their larvae, and protect them from predators, helping their young grow strong.

Fähigkeit

Log Recycler

Horned Passalid larvae and adults tunnel through dead wood, breaking it down into soil nutrients, which helps forests stay healthy.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
60-80 mm
Größe
30-40 mm
Lebenserwartung
365-1095 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
2-10

Ernährung und Fütterung

Horned Passalids are nature's recyclers, munching on decaying wood.

Hauptnahrung

  • Decaying hardwood
  • Wood fungi

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

White Oak

Quercus alba

Adults and larvae consume its decaying wood for food and shelter.

eaten by

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Woodpeckers dig into logs to find and eat these nutritious beetles.

eats

Turkey Tail

Trametes versicolor

They consume fungi that help decompose the wood they live in.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

These beetles are safe to observe, but it's best to leave them in their home.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Horned Passalid?

60-80 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Horned Passalid?

30-40 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Horned Passalid?

365-1095 Tage

Was frisst Horned Passalid?

Horned Passalids are nature's recyclers, munching on decaying wood.

Wo findet man Horned Passalid normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Horned Passalid?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Horned Passalid?

6

Was ist der/die/das koloniegröße von Horned Passalid?

2-10

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