Watch a Hercules Beetle Metamorphose Before Your Eyes | Nat Geo Wild
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Watch this beetle go from larvae to giant. The Hercules beetle is one of the largest flying insects in the world. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribeAbout Nat Geo Wild:Welcome to a place so wild, anything can happen. Nat Geo Wild is the network all about animals from National Geographic, where every story is an adventure and your imagination is allowed to run wild.Get More Nat Geo Wild: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDFacebook: http://bit.ly/NGWFacebookTwitter: http://bit.ly/NGWTwitterInstagram: http://bit.ly/NGWInstagramAs grubs they are impressively large. As beetle expert Brett Ratcliffe puts it, they “are basically the size of a Polish sausage.” Hercules beetles also go through metamorphosis, like a butterfly. Except, a butterfly spins a cocoon out of silk. The beetle builds a pupal chamber out of its own feces and, in it, transforms. As an adult, male Hercules beetles can stretch up to seven inches long including their horns.Watch a Hercules Beetle Metamorphose Before Your Eyes | Nat Geo Wildhttps://youtu.be/AFbu21AGShoNat Geo Wild https://www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild
