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Dorcus hopei (Hope stag beetle)
By: Dutch Date: November 7, 2020, 2:53 pm
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Dorcus hopei (Japanese stag beetle, Hope stag beetle)
Image:
HTML https://collectionneurdinsectes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dorcus-hopei-hopei-m13.jpg
Size: Up to about 3-4 inches long
Damage type: Crush (jaws), Shove (body)
Damage level: High Beetle-class (jaws), high Beetle-class (body)
Armor durability level: High Strong-class to high Tank-class
Immune system durability level: Unknown; likely low Widow-class
Speed level: Beetle-class
Eyesight level: Carabid-class
Intelligence level: Beetle-class
Tactic: Grab them by the jaws, then push them off the edge.
Fighting behavior: This is a fairly aggressive species. It will
probably attack any beetle of similar size when placed on a log
close to it.
Fights:
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) [1]
Vs Sumatra stag beetle (Dorcus titanus titanus)
Vs Ox-headed stag beetle (Dorcus bucephalus)
Vs Ox-headed stag beetle (Dorcus bucephalus) (rematch)
Vs Alcides stag beetle (Dorcus alcides)
Vs Alcides stag beetle (Dorcus alcides) (rematch)
Vs Dorcus grandis moriyai
Vs Palawan stag beetle (Dorcus titanus palawanicus)
Vs Palawan stag beetle (Dorcus titanus palawanicus) (rematch)
Vs Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) (rematch)
Vs Giraffe stag beetle (Prosopocoilus giraffa)
Vs unknown stag beetle
Vs Giant Forest scorpion (Heterometrus spinifer)
Vs Dorcus metacostatus
Vs Rainbow stag beetle (Phalacrognathus muelleri)
Vs Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Allomyrina dichotoma)
Vs Prosopocoilus astacoides
Vs Hexarthrius parryi
Vs Dorcus titanus elegans
Vs Prosopocoilus inclinatus
Vs unknown Dorcus titanus subspecies
Vs Dorcus titanus castanicolor
Vs Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Allomyrina dichotoma) (rematch)
Vs unknown stag beetle
Vs Brown rhinoceros beetle (Xylotrupes gideon)
Vs Dorcus grandis
Vs Palawan stag beetle (Dorcus titanus palawanicus) (second
rematch)
Vs Giant Fork-horned stag beetle (Hexarthrius mandibularis)
Vs Dorcus titanus castanicolor
Vs unknown Dorcus titanus subspecies (rematch)
Vs unknown Hexarthrius species
Vs unknown Prosopocoilus species
Vs Alcides stag beetle (Dorcus alcides) (second rematch)
Vs Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Allomyrina dichotoma) (second
rematch)
Vs Rainbow stag beetle (Phalacrognathus muelleri) (rematch)
Vs Golden stag beetle (Odontolabis cuvera)
Fighting average: 0.69
How to get: Found in Asia.
Care:
HTML https://abrowntks.weebly.com/dorcus-hopei.html
Footnotes:
[1]:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSKamT5CH6c
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