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exactly ! it is carpenter bee indeed, Xylocopa sp. (I guess Xylocopa latipes). I had few specimens of them, and saw alive ones too.

the body shame of this one very much reminds me of our local similar graound beetle Mouhotia sp. - but much more colorful than this plainly black one. Mouhotia batesi is even considered a protected species in Thailand. although there are other 2-3 sp. / ssp.

that's male Eupatorus gracilicornis, famous "5 horned beetle" (native to SE Asia - with different subspecies), we have it in Thailand. :) yes, it grows pretty large, some specimens up to 90mm. up North near Laos border a cousin of my wife often gets plenty of them from his local hill tribe...

Hello, introducing myself sort of ... I live in Bangkok (City of Angels), Thailand (land of Smiles - aka Siam). has been involved in insects stuff quite for a while already, I guess since 2004 at least. and only recently has started to consider to try breeding some of them. so, few...