[1] Elephant beetles are located in southern Mexico, Central America, and in South American rainforests.

The female elephant beetle lays her eggs inside the decaying log or in the ground.

Some weeks after that (usually three) the eggs hatch into C-shaped larvae, white grubs with brown heads and six legs.

In some countries such as Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and others in Central America the male's head is used as a charm necklace, decorated with gold.

[citation needed] As part of a Pentagon-sponsored project, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have implanted electrodes into elephant beetle pupae.