Borneo Three-horned Beetle vs Asian Trap-jaw Ant

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Borneo Three-horned Beetle Asian Trap-jaw Ant
Scientific Name Chalcosoma caucasus Odontomachus rixosus
Order Coleoptera Hymenoptera
Family Dynastinae Formicidae
Size 60-135 mm 8-11 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Sap Feeders Detritivores
Regions Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Borneo Three-horned Beetle

Among the longest beetles in Asia, with three powerful horns and a metallic green-black sheen. Males engage in fierce combat.

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Did You Know?

Their smooth, metallic exoskeleton makes them very difficult for predators to grip.

Asian Trap-jaw Ant

A Southeast Asian trap-jaw ant found in forest leaf litter with distinctive elongated mandibles. It is a specialist predator that ambushes small soil arthropods.

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Did You Know?

Its mandible strike generates forces exceeding 300 times its own body weight in under a millisecond.