The God of War - MegasomaMARS is a large scarab beetle of the Dynastidae family, known as "The God of War Great Helmet" in Taiwan and Japan. The name "The God of War Great Helmet" is justified because its Latin name is "MegasomaMARS(Reiche,1852)". The following "Insect Dictionary" provides an explanation of the name of the God of War Great Helmet. Origin: Central and South America - Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Guyana, etc. Mainly distributed in the western and central Amazon River basin from Brazil to northern Colombia.
Chinese Name: The God of War Great Helmet
English Name: MegasomaMARS
Category: Large Scarab Beetle of the Dynastidae Family
Origin: Colombia, Peru, Brazil, etc. in Central and South America
Morphological Characteristics: Hard black glossy elytra
Size: Male beetle 65～140mm, Female beetle 55～90mm
Insect Dictionary: MegasomaMARS, dorbeetle
The meaning of Megasoma is a gigantic body, and MARS means "Mars, the god of war". Mars: In ancient Greek mythology, Mars (Ares) was the son of Jupiter and Juno. Homer described him as an indefatigable warrior in the heroic age in the "Iliad". He was named after Mars.
"Dorbeetle" is the transliteration of the English word "dorbeetle" [`dR:,bi:tl] and means golden beetle. Taiwan also follows Japan and calls it "dorbeetle". Here we temporarily call it "战神大兜" (MegasomaMARS in Chinese), borrowing the Japanese name and going with the flow, without making anything special.
The community of enthusiasts of climbing pets suggests keeping the beetle Megasoma MARS. The adult beetle is completely black and shiny. The male beetle has well-developed head horns and long chest horns that extend diagonally to the left and right (thinner compared to the Hercules beetle) and is easy to raise.
The environment that should be provided during hibernation is darkness. The container does not need to be too large. Sawdust or sphagnum moss can be used as bedding. Pay attention to maintaining humidity. The depth should be sufficient to completely bury the adult beetle in soil or sphagnum moss. This will make the adult beetle feel safer. Place objects such as tree bark on the surface for the adult beetle to flip over. Occasionally, the hibernating insect may crawl to the surface. Without tree bark to flip over, it will inevitably consume energy and may cause death! Maintain a temperature of 22-28 degrees Celsius. The higher the temperature, the shorter the hibernation period.
When starting to raise it, the just-hatched first instar larva is only slightly larger than a grain of rice. It grows incredibly fast after entering the second instar larva. After about a month, it molts into the early third instar larva, which is the most critical period for raising larvae. At this time, it gains more than 1g of weight almost every day, and its growth is rapid. If a good rearing environment is not provided during this period, it may not be able to be compensated for in later rearing. After about 2 years of rearing, the first group of late third instar larvae will enter the pupa stage. During the pupa stage, it is not recommended to disturb them too much unless there are unexpected circumstances. Let them naturally emerge as adults.
If there is a collapse of the natural pupal chamber or other adverse conditions such as it being too small, it can be placed in an artificial pupal chamber made of flower mud for convenient observation.
About a month after the adult emerges, it can start mating. Use a pure sawdust breeding room of about 30-50L in volume, compacted, and then place the female beetle in it. The overall production can reach more than 10-100 eggs, making it an absolute high-yield and easy-to-raise and breed beetle.
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