The surprised visitor waiting for my mercy was found on the porch: Oryctes rhinoceros.
I had mentioned before that seeing insects in our home or on the porch is a normal sight, even birds that chirp, flying from twigs to twigs. Thus, one morning, as I opened the window curtain, I noticed this beetle on his back on the porch.
At first, I thought it was dead, as there was even an ant beside him. This was the first time I had seen one yet not been startled. I have been used to them since I was a kid, as they were often found on coconut trees.
See? There was even a bird poop beside me as I looked closer. I touched it using a stick, and the pungent smell welcomed me.
I rolled it to his back without further ado, and I was surprised it moved!
So it was still alive and maybe couldn't flip back as the floor was slippery.
Though it looks scary, see how fearsome the eyes and horns are, it was harmless to humans. Memories of my childhood include playing with Cockchafer. We would tie this poor beetle in one of its legs, then make it fly by rotating it in a circular motion. If only they could speak, perhaps it would complain.
This type of beetle I found now was Oryctes rhinoceros or what we called bagangan in our dialect. Even this wasn't able to escape from us and suffered the same faith with the cockchafer. I know we aren't supposed to do that, but we are just kids back then. We thought it was okay.
However, not to coconut trees, as it usually damages the leaves and trunks.
There are a few coconut trees nearby, which perhaps it came from. It was a nuisance to other living things, but that's how the ecosystem works. The life of this beetle was not in my hands. I just threw it outside using the stick and saw it was fine.
I don't know if it was the same beetle, but it's been days I constantly saw one every morning on the porch. On his back, waiting for my mercy.
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Were just an innocent child back then, out of curiosity and mischief we tie their poor tiny legs, not just beetles, we used to tie dragonfly tail as well. But now we pity them, the guilt feeling of doing that to insects.
I thought the chicken ate that? I remember our father last time getting angry with these creatures for killing our coconut trees😁
We don't have chickens here 😆
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Haha, yeah, that was so true; I remember being their legs and pushing them to fly and rotating them in how many times. Now I realize also how painful it is for them, And we were not supposed to do that.
That torture they endure 🥹
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I was grinning at the part when you said you tied one of its legs and made it fly...because I can relate🤣, but yes, exactly, those were the good old days back then, and we were just kids. We call this in our dialect "bakukang". I don't know why I was fond of playing with them when I saw one😂
Hahah! That's how are times spent back then. Unlike now they are all glued to gadgets
Before you need to be physically strong!
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Ohhh, tagal ko nang di nakakakita nito. I remember my childhood with that, may ibang tawag yan sa amin eh, bangag, like baa-ngag, ganernnn
Bagangan 😆
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Here in Mindanao, we called it "tiganga". This kind of beetle lives in coconut trees. ☺
Oo, they make holes on the truck or coconut trees sometimes
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Very harmful insect Ma'am. My Father always put grease on the tree were those beetles lives. ☺️
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I see these guys all the time. When I first encountered them I was afraid because it looks scary. But then a local showed me how harmless they are and even put it on my finger and coached me into understanding how it doesn't want to, and can't hurt you even if it wanted to. Unfortunately they end up on their backs and die quite frequently since it seems as though they simply cannot flip themselves over and will just exhaust themselves trying.
That's right, even I find it scary sometimes. Just look at the eyes and horns.
Harmless to humans but not in coconut trees.😆
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