First
place in the title of "the big insect in the world" is deservedly awarded
Woodman-titanium (Latin Titanus giganteus), whose body length can reach 17, and
according to some sources, and 21 inches!
Lumberjack-titanium
(Latin Titanus giganteus) - kind of beetles from the family of long-horned
beetles (Cerambycidae). Is one of theTwo.
Most sources indicate
the length of an adult ranges from 79 to 168 mm. In other sources
the maximum length is different - from 170 to 210 and even up to 220 mm.
Accurate scientific data was not available yet. The average
length of most specimens is 130 mm, is much rarer individuals up to 150
mm. largest insects.
Females are larger and bulkier than males. Stained pitch-brown or brown-brown
The body is extended, and to a lesser extent flattened in the
dorsal-ventral direction. In the
lateral projection has the shape of the lens.
Pronotum is characterized by three sharp spines on each side.
Vyyamchatye eyes. The
antennae are attached in front, reaching half the length of the body.
Life expectancy of adults - 3-5 weeks,
during which the beetles do not feed and live off the fat reserves accumulated
during the larval stage.
At dusk, increases the activity of
beetles, they crawl out of daytime shelters (litter, tree hollows, rotten
stumps) rise on the rise and soar.
The males are very sensitive to light,
because light traps entomologists females rarely get.
Lumberjack-titanium is distributed
throughout the Amazon region - from Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Suriname and
Guyana, to Bolivia and central parts of Brazil.
The morphology of the larvae is unknown, as they have not yet
discovered. When comparing the
sizes of adults and larvae of closely related species can be assumed that the
size of the larvae drevoseka-titanium should be 240-360 mm.
Like other species of the tribe Prionini larvae drevoseka-titans
supposedly developed in the roots and the root zone drying and dead
trees. Pupation probably occurs in
the soil.