Quarantine and identification of the exotic pet Dynastes hercules
In recent years,large numbers of Dynastes hercules were carried to China as pets by insect lovers.Although this insect has not yet been colonized in the wild.As an alien species,it still has po-tential harm to the agricultural production and ecological environment in China.The taxonomic status,ge-ographic distribution,diet composition,identification characteristics and life cycle of Dynastes hercules are introduced in the paper.Its identification characteristics are compared with the close-related species'.It will provide a reference for the customs to formulate relevant management strategies.
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