This magnificent Rhinoceros Beetle (kabuto-mushi) was just lying on its back under a tree – in broad daylight which is unusual. I put it on the tree and it stayed there. Barely alive or stunned?
Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae
Allomyrina dichotoma
Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle = kabuto-mushi
Location: In orchards and bamboo/pine forest above Yokoyama Village (Google map)
mmmm very pretty