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Fighting Beetle Glass Dome

$36.99

 

 i44c  #8   This a beautiful Xylotrupes gideon sumatrensis species fighting beetle that is showcased in a glass dome display!  This guy is amazing!  These are packaged to keep the beetle safe in shipping, the beetle will be attached to the post and wrapped separate. Just lower the post into the hole in the base once you have unwrapped him (slow and steady so as to not break him), you can add a drop of glue in the hole in the base for safe measure if you would like.  These are showcased in a removable glass dome and a Black wood base.  They would be a great asset to any collection or a great educational piece.   

The glass dome and base are approx.  6-1/2" x 3-1/2".

Species:  Xylotrupes gideon sumatrensis

Species: Xylotrupes gideon sumatrensis
Xylotrupes gideon can reach a length of 3.5–7 centimetres (1.4–2.8 in). As usual with rhinoceros beetles there is a great difference between the genders. Males are larger than females. They have two chitinous bifurcated horns, a thick thoracic horn and a smaller cephalic horn, which they use to eliminate their rivals during the mating period. These beetles are shiny dark red, dark brown, or black in coloration. The eyes are located on each side of the head. When disturbed these beetles make a hissing noise, produced by rubbing the tip of the abdomen against the edge the elytra.

The larvae develop in decaying vegetable matter and take usually two years in development, the adult beetles live 2–4 months. A female can lay about 20-30 eggs but it depends on the place where they lived .

 

𝓢𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓬 𝓒𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓞𝓭𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼 - 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓬𝓪𝓫𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 🐇🔮✨


NOTE:  If your item is in a glass dome please be aware that the domes are NOT permanently connected to the base. Care has to be taken when opening or removing the dome so not to damage the display or specimen.


We do our best to ensure all specimens, animals, insects and flora,  used in our displays or offered by us are sustainably sourced.  


If you purchase a second item with your order and send a note with the order that says "gift", we will include a gift with your order.  All orders must have 2 or more items (not identical) to qualify. Our way of saying "Thank you" for looking!  


All displays will be carefully packed to the best of our ability to insure a safe and damage free arrival. With Ground Advantage and Priority mail you will be covered by $100 worth of insurance.  If damage occurs in shipping and your item was shipped with Ground Advantage or Priority mail, the post office now requires you to bring the package in to a postal center/office for inspection before any insurance payments will be approved and the item has to be in the original shipping box with all packing as you received still in box.  Your refund will be processed once the package has been inspected and the receipt from the post office acknowledging the inspection is forwarded to us. This is an ordeal that no one wants to go through, including us, so we do our best to make sure no one has too! 


Please contact us as soon as you receive if you would like to return the item.  Returns are accepted if the request is received for the return within 14 days of the delivery and the return is received within 30 days of the delivery date.  Return must be received in original condition, in original packaging.


Paid shipping items:  Return shipping to be paid for the buyer.  Cost of original item refunded once the item is returned.  Shipping costs are not refundable.  

Free shipping items: Return shipping to be paid for the buyer.    Cost of original item refunded minus an $8. restocking fee (unless an otherwise noted charge is posted in the listing description) to cover original shipping and handling.  Shipping costs are not refundable. 


Items that ship free and are returned for incorrect address or insufficient address will be charged a restocking fee or shipping fee to cover initial shipping costs and the balance refunded or given the option to purchase shipping for resending the item with corrected address. 

If there was an original shipping fee and the item is returned for an incorrect or insufficient address and you would like the item resent, the option will be given to repurchase shipping. There are no refunds on initial shipping for an incorrect or insufficient address.