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It may be a holiday but as they say the show must go on so hold onto your hats because here comes another Wild Fact.\u00a0 After writing about the Glow Worm on Friday, I had a great idea (well I think it is a great idea).\u00a0 I am going to do a whole week dedicated to insects.\u00a0 Now before you throw your monitor out of the window in disgust, I promise to choose some of the most exciting insects I know about.\u00a0 To get the week started right we are going to learn about the Titan Beetle.\u00a0 Trust me, you will want to stick around for this one!<\/p>\n

The Titan Beetle happens to be the largest beetle that can be found in the Amazon rain-forest.\u00a0 As you can imagine it is also one of the largest insect species in the world.\u00a0 What creeps me out about this is the fact that there is an insect out there bigger than the 16 cm (6.5″) Titan Beetle.\u00a0 This beetle is over half a foot! Just because they are big doesn’t mean they are vicious, right? The good news is that the adult Titan Beetle does not feed.\u00a0 The bad news is their mandibles are capable of breaking pencils in half and would definitely break the skin.<\/p>\n

Since they don’t feed, the adults simply survive in this form to mate.\u00a0 They will fly around looking for a partner before they perish.\u00a0 So the question you have to ask yourself is what do the juveniles look like?\u00a0 Well that is a good question that I can’t answer for you.\u00a0 Believe it or not we have yet to find any larvae of the Titan Beetle.\u00a0 It is assumed that they spend their time inside wood and may take several years before emerging.\u00a0 They have found some exit holes that researchers think belong to the Titan Beetle.\u00a0 Judging by the holes it would put the grub at over 2″ wide and up to a foot long. I know, ewwwww!<\/p>\n

Since today’s fact wasn’t that gross or icky, I expect to see you tomorrow for the next interesting insect fact.\u00a0 Have a good one!<\/p>\n

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It may be a holiday but as they say the show must go on so hold onto your hats because here comes another Wild Fact.\u00a0 After writing about the Glow Worm on Friday, I had a great idea (well I think it is a great idea).\u00a0 I am going to do a whole week dedicated to insects.\u00a0 Now before you throw your monitor out of the window in disgust, I promise to choose some of the most exciting insects I know about.\u00a0 To get the week started right we are going to learn about the Titan Beetle.\u00a0 Trust me, you <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[348,818,4113,817,4025,816,819],"yoast_head":"\n