A very large beetle, the Large Brown Long-horn is nocturnal and often attracted to grubs have special enzymes to digest cellulose and the

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A very large beetle, the Large Brown Long-horn is nocturnal and often attracted to grubs have special enzymes to digest cellulose and these large larvae bore into trees such as acacia and cause a lot of damage to healthy trees

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Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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