Here's another Philippines Beetle commonly called Salagubang (Leucopholis Irrorata) or Chafer Beetle.
Most of this beetle are considered Exotic Food, but I never tried one. They are sometimes called May or June beetle, since most of them will spring out either of those months and will soon faded after a few weeks or sometimes a month.
This beetle feeds on Mango tree most of the time and their larva are commonly underground either in rice fields or some other Crops for their food. Some calls them Pest but I don't think if it really that worse, unlike Long-horned Beetle who feed inside in the branches of Mango Tree.
They have a short lifespan and I don't know for sure as to how long, You may do some research about it. I keep some of them for sometime feeding and giving their own refuge and yet they just fade away for some couple of days or maybe week. I just can't tell why unlike the Xylotrupes Gideon which you can keep and mate it for as long as there is enough resources for their larva.
Salagubang is also common in Cebuano and we call it Bakukang as General Name for Beetle either Salagubang, Rhynocerous or whatever you saw for as long as it is beetle, but it Tagalog they have Salaginto and Salagubang as describe in the Song "Sitsiritsit Alibangbang".
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