With as many as six people a week dying from overdoses of heroin and synthetic opiates in Broward County, county officials and drug experts met Wednesday to sound the alarm. They're unveiling a plan to deal with a South Florida crisis that reflects a nationwide epidemic. The warning is that the...
The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules, Dynastinae) is a rhinoceros beetle native to the rainforests of Central America, South America, Lesser Antilles, and the Andes. They are large beetles, with some males reaching 17.5 cm including the horn, and a slightly iridescent coloration to their elytra, which also vary in color from beetle to beetle, and even depending on the humidity.
In captivity, these beetles have been seen eating continuously for 24 hours! Habitat and range. Hercules beetles are native to North, Central, and South America. The largest species live further south, in the jungles of Central and South America. Smaller beetles are found in the United States as far north as Kentucky! I live in Georgia, and I have seen one of these beetles before. This beetleâs diet sort of gives away its habitat.