MaeJoMTB Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) What did you expect? Never seen a brown "meng gwang" with spikes all round before. Edited September 20, 2015 by MaeJoMTB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoopJoop Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 OMG...and I was about to rub one out early morning. That just took the wind outta my sails Jo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 damn ........ expected a different looking horn !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeJoMTB Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terminatorchiangmai Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Looks like you found yourself a winner. Might be worth some money, sell it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 From you.. I expected something totally different but you got a smile on my face.. Good to start the day like that. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar2 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Looks like you found yourself a winner. Might be worth some money, sell it a relative is really into those insects. could sell for as much as 10K Baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Looks like you found yourself a winner. Might be worth some money, sell it a relative is really into those insects. could sell for as much as 10K Baht. Why not buy it for 5K and make yourself a nice profit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar2 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Looks like you found yourself a winner. Might be worth some money, sell it a relative is really into those insects. could sell for as much as 10K Baht. Why not buy it for 5K and make yourself a nice profit? don't know enough about them. but the ones that bring in 10K+ have to be able to fight, and thus people bet money on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank James Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 How about taking it to the nearest woods and letting it find a new home? It's a beautiful specimen, very unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeJoMTB Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 How about taking it to the nearest woods and letting it find a new home? It's a beautiful specimen, very unusual. I put it on a mango tree in my garden, It climbed to the very top, Then launched into the air. Looked too big to fly, but it could. Gone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiengmaijoe Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Stag beetle fights are usually held about this time of year. There was a set up near the bus station a couple of years ago that I visited, but I haven't seen it happening anywhere this year, has anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingmai331 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I was expecting a billy goat on the bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Better than being eaten or turned into a framed tourist souvenir I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolsti Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I would love to see a live one... Never have... Are they all over Thailand or more prevalent in certain areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiengmaijoe Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) I would love to see a live one... Never have... Are they all over Thailand or more prevalent in certain areas? At this time of year they are more prevalent in Chiang Mai and I assume the rest of the country. There was one in my garden, in town, a few days ago. It used to be a common sight to see young kids with them tied to a piece of sugar-cane with a bit of cotton, at this time of year. I'm not sure if they were kept as a novelty pet or being trained to fight, possibly in their own back yards, as opposed to the big events that draw gamblers. I remember seeing a documentary about a big event in Issan somewhere, where the annual champion Stag Beetle fights were held. Very interesting and amusing as the favourite's owner was in a quandary whether to attend the birth of his child or compete in the finals with his champion beetle. Fortunately the baby was born the night before and he successfully defended his title. He even took it for walks tied to a piece of string to build up it's stamina! The one in my garden was on his back and couldn't move so the wife rescued him, put him on a piece of banana to feed him and left him in the kitchen to recuperate. I don't know whether he eventually succumbed to his various ant bites inflicted whilst he was on his back or recovered sufficiently to be set free but he disappeared the next day. Edited September 21, 2015 by Chiengmaijoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar2 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I would love to see a live one... Never have... Are they all over Thailand or more prevalent in certain areas? leave some (peeled) sugar cane out in your garden...they will come this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 So what was the missus' verdict on how he tasted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Girlfriend suggests it is a maeng kwang with some kind of genetic mutation hence the numerous horns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Beauty....encase it in resin and use him as a paperweight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebo Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.godofinsects.com%2Ffiles%2F1812%2F7622%2F5071%2F072700_27_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.godofinsects.com%2Findex.php%2Fmuseum%2Fbeetles%2Fscarab-beetles-scarabaeidae%2F5-horned-rhinoceros-beetle-eupatorus-gracilicornis%2F&h=380&w=341&tbnid=FESVumnmWXawbM%3A&docid=Hy40ZZOtgG45iM&ei=58gAVr6YB8eb0gTKn4u4DA&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=519&page=1&start=0&ndsp=31&ved=0CB4QrQMwAGoVChMI_qeizNeJyAIVx42UCh3KzwLH You were lucky: Not very widespread, and not the "sugar cane fighter" species. (And have a look at the price ...) Whitin more than 20 yrs in Thailand I never saw one alive even though I like to roam through woods and nature. Buy a lottery ticket --- maybe you've hit a winning streak ...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeJoMTB Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.godofinsects.com%2Ffiles%2F1812%2F7622%2F5071%2F072700_27_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.godofinsects.com%2Findex.php%2Fmuseum%2Fbeetles%2Fscarab-beetles-scarabaeidae%2F5-horned-rhinoceros-beetle-eupatorus-gracilicornis%2F&h=380&w=341&tbnid=FESVumnmWXawbM%3A&docid=Hy40ZZOtgG45iM&ei=58gAVr6YB8eb0gTKn4u4DA&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=519&page=1&start=0&ndsp=31&ved=0CB4QrQMwAGoVChMI_qeizNeJyAIVx42UCh3KzwLH You were lucky: Not very widespread, and not the "sugar cane fighter" species. (And have a look at the price ...) Whitin more than 20 yrs in Thailand I never saw one alive even though I like to roam through woods and nature. Buy a lottery ticket --- maybe you've hit a winning streak ...! Good find! 5-Horned Rhinoceros Beetle (Eupatorus gracilicornis) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldozer Dawn Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Gin dai mai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Uh...if you are going to be picking up passengers you are going to have to apply for a work permit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBreadMan Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 I good friend of mine is just over here, and if you can get a load of them, not broken (as in no broken legs and so on) and get a large amount of them, he will pay you good money, as long as you keep them away from his girl friend, she keeps eating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangFerang Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 He was a former Beetle, maybe the lost one or a Ringo..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirocco Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 it is a "rhinoceros beetle" with one or more horns or "chalcosomas -Atlas". There are many in hot countries: eg North Africa "or Corsica or the south of France. harmless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirocco Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 it is a "rhinoceros scarabée" with one or more horns or "chalcosomas -Atlas". There are many in hot countries: eg North Africa "or Corsica or the south of France. harmless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 How about taking it to the nearest woods and letting it find a new home? It's a beautiful specimen, very unusual. Its the same as fishing or a photo safari. Catch and release or take a picture of your trophy and let him go like the above poster says. In the last 50 years we have already destroyed half of the ocean dwellers sooo lets live and let live share the planet after all they were here first. Lets live in harmony. For the sake of disclosure I am trying to atone for all the snakes and butterflies I have killed as a young foolish lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1kael Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 My ex loves fried bugs, all kinds go, and this one was on the menu on more then one occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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