Volandian Giant Beetle

The Volandian Giant Beetle (Dunakantes kolossandi), also known as the Kolossal, was stumbled upon by Brandir “Blaze” Lastale. On a trip through the small fort of Fortelza in deserts of Volandia, he found a small digsite made by the palaeontology enthusiast, Adrii Warendrop. Since then 4 other fossils has been found.

Appearance
This creature could grow up to 3. 1 meters or 10.2 ft long. If the horns is included, the length is up to 4.3 meters or 14.1 feet, which possibly makes it the largest beetle to exist in the world of Rathnir.

Dynastes kolossandi males was suiting the characteristic horns (two horns on the forehead and one even bigger at the chin). The body of males was a pale gold with the exception of the elytra, which would be brown dotted with black spots. The females was a dark metallic green, with a black gradient on the elytra.

The creature was not able to fly, but could make smaller jumps, kinda like a chicken.

Diet
The Kolossal lived by the coast, and feasted on berries, fruits and other smaller insects. It was typically

not hunted for meat by other animals because of its size and exoskeleton, that was nearly unbreakable.

Habitat
It lived most of its life by the shore because of the colder and wetter weather. This meant more plants sprouted around the area it lived and insects were everywhere. The beetle didn’t move too much and was therefore forced to lay in the shade of trees and plants in the day.

Extinction
Dynastes kolossandi went extinct around the end of Qalmanian as the weather began changing and plant growth decreased. This lead to the species eventual demise.