Here's another Philippines beetle commonly called Salagubang (Leucopholis Irrorata) or Chafer Beetle.
Most of these beetles are considered exotic food, but I have never tried one. They are sometimes called May or June beetles, since most of them will spring out in either of those months and will soon fade after a few weeks or sometimes a month.
This beetle feeds on mango trees most of the time, and their larva are commonly underground, either in rice fields or some other crops, for their food. Some call them pests, but I don't think it's really that bad, unlike the long-horned beetle, which feeds inside the branches of the 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 some time, feeding them and giving them their own refuge, and yet they just fade away for some couple of days or maybe a week. I just can't tell why, unlike the Xylotrupes Gideon, which you can keep and mate for as long as there are enough resources for their larva.
Salagubang is also common in Cebuano, and we call it Bakukang as a general name for beetle, whether it is Salagubang, Rhinoceros, or whatever you saw, as long as it is a beetle, but in Tagalog they have Salaginto and Salagubang, as described in the song "Sitsiritsit Alibangbang".
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