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Contender for the worlds heaviest beetle — a male larva bred in Japan weighed 228 grams, about the weight of a brown rat. Adults are armored giants of the Amazon.
Did You Know?
A captive-bred Actaeon beetle larva weighed 228 grams — about half a pound — making it the heaviest insect larva ever recorded, heavier than a hamster.