Bence Mate / Close up of head and prothorax of male Elephant beetle (Megasoma Elephas) with horns, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Andrew Parkinson / Flightless dung beetle {Circellium bacchus) female rolling buffalo dung to lay egg in S Africa

Andrew Parkinson / Flightless dung beetle {Circellium bacchus} female rolling buffalo dung ball to lay egg in , Addo Elephant park, South Africa

Morley Read / Elephant beetle (Megasoma actaeo) climbing on a fallen tree trunk, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Elephant beetle (Megasoma actaeo) climbing on a fallen tree trunk, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Laurent Geslin / Fruit beetle (Pachnoda) on leaf, with African elephant (Loxonta africana) in distance, Masai Mara, Kenya.

John Abbott / Elephant stag beetle (Lucanus elephus) male on wood, Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas, USA, May.

John Abbott / Elephant stag beetle (Lucanus elephus) male on wood, Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas, USA, May.

John Abbott / Elephant stag beetle (Lucanus elephus) male on wood, Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas, USA, May.

Konrad Wothe / Rhinoceros beetle (Dynastinae) in rainforest, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Konrad Wothe / Rhinoceros beetle (Megasoma actaeon) male, Panguana Reserve, Huanuco province, Amazon basin, Peru.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Elephant weevil (Curculio elephas) Maine-et-Loire, France, August, meetyourneighbours.net project