Caribbean Hercules Beetle vs Web-spinning Barklouse

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Caribbean Hercules Beetle Web-spinning Barklouse
Scientific Name Dynastes hercules hercules Archipsocus nomas
Order Coleoptera Psocoptera
Family Scarabaeidae Archipsocidae
Size 50-170 mm including horn 1.5-2.5 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Wood Feeders Omnivores
Regions Guadeloupe, Dominica, Lesser Antilles Southeastern United States, Central America
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Caribbean Hercules Beetle

The nominate subspecies of the Hercules beetle, found in the Lesser Antilles. Males bear an enormous horn used in combat with rivals.

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Did You Know?

It is one of the longest beetles on Earth and can lift objects 850 times its own weight.

Web-spinning Barklouse

A bark louse known for spinning communal silk webs over tree bark in tropical and subtropical regions. Large colonies can cover entire tree trunks.

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Did You Know?

Their communal silk webs can cover entire tree trunks like a ghostly shroud.