Megasoma occidentale is a species of scarab beetle. It is endemic to Mexico and is known from the Oaxaca and Sinaloa states. Adults are attracted by light. Larvae have been collected in rotten coconut palm stems.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Occidental Elephant Beetle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Megasoma elephas
- Megasoma anubis
- Dynastes lichyi
- Golofa porteri
- Dynastes septentrionalis
- Megasoma thersites
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Megasoma
- Species
- Megasoma occidentale
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