Dynastes male eats female??? I think not

[skips]

So, my room mate actually has had a pair of Dynastes tityus for almost a year now. He found the female a few days after he'd seen it alive and had it's legs and head missing. The head looked a bit chewed out but I was under the impression that Dynastes only eat fruit and sap...and that they're mouth parts were strictly made for such things. I'm I nuts, or is it even possible that he picked away at the female?

We suspect that the male has become a rabid zombie...have quaratined.

 

[thedude]

I beleive Dynastes mouth parts are only made for eating fruit and sap. Maybe the female had a parasite or already had deremestids or phorids get to it. did you find any ants in the container? I know that as soon as the big beetles dry out they do fall apart pretty easy

 

[auroborus]

maybe the female passed away and the male is a necrophiliac, lol. he probably cant tell shes dead if there's still pheromones around and might have knocked limbs off during the unnatural courtship. Ive made the mistake of handling a female and then a male and trust me, he cant tell the difference between a figure and a female. Sadly for me my female was on deaths door when i found her so I dint get any eggs.

 

[skips]

maybe the female passed away and the male is a necrophiliac, lol. he probably cant tell shes dead if there's still pheromones around and might have knocked limbs off during the unnatural courtship. Ive made the mistake of handling a female and then a male and trust me, he cant tell the difference between a figure and a female. Sadly for me my female was on deaths door when i found her so I dint get any eggs.

Haha, would you know what I meant if I said that that was a perfect example of rule 34 of the internet?

I'm thinking that you're right though. I dont think that the male could have eaten any part of her. But she degraded really fast.

 

[thedude]

Haha, would you know what I meant if I said that that was a perfect example of rule 34 of the internet?

unfortunately XD

 

[kripp_keeper]

Haha, would you know what I meant if I said that that was a perfect example of rule 34 of the internet?

I'm thinking that you're right though. I dont think that the male could have eaten any part of her. But she degraded really fast.

lol rule 34

 

[Bugs In Cyberspace]

When they die they fall apart easily. I've had wild caught male Dynastes impale the females' pronotums with their horns.