The following photographic series is made of a beautiful insect that played among the branches of a small tree that I have in my front yard, it is a Trachyderes mandibularis commonly called little cow The oldest people, they named for their huge antennae as they appear to have huge horns.

^{La siguiente serie fotográfica se la realice a un bello insecto que jugueteaba entre las ramas de un diminuto árbol que tengo en mi patio delantero, se trata de un Trachyderes mandibularis comunmente llamado vaquita las personas mas longevas de por aqui les llaman así por sus enormes antenas, ya que parece que tienen unos enormes cuernos.}

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They are very striking beetles, they are equipped with a strong armor, sometimes colorful like this small one and other times more discreet, with brown, gray and black tones, they have three pairs of strong legs, two large antennae, with small eyes, one fierce and huge jaw, which makes him highly respected.

^{Son unos escarabajos muy llamativos, estan dotados de una fuerte armadura, a veces colorida como este pequeño y otras veces más discretas, con tonos marrones, grises y negros, tienen tres pares de fuertes patas,dos grandes antenas, dos pequeños ojos, una feroz y enorme fauce, que lo hace muy respetado.}

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That large jaw helps it cut small branches of the tree in which it lives, generally they are thin branches and even short-lived; Its felling technique is very curious and striking as it does it perfectly, the small branch is left with a perfect cut, as if it had been sawn by a logger, it is worth mentioning that to carry out this work so cleanly the small beetle, he take your time.

^{Esa gran fauce le ayuda a cortar pequeñas ramas del arbol en el que vive, usualmente son ramas delgadas y de corta vida aun; su técnica de talado es muy curiosa y llamativa, ya que lo hace a la perfección, la pequeña rama queda con un corte perfecto, como si hubiese sido serruchada por un talador, cabe mencionar que para la realizacion de un trabajo tan limpio, el pequeño escarabajo se toma su tiempo.}

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I looked for information about this beetle but it is very null, since it does not explain why it cuts down trees in that way, although I do know that it feeds on fruits and other small animals such as termites.
He is very calm although if he feels in danger he will use such imposing jaws without mercy.

^{Busqué información a cerca de este escarabajo pero es muy nula, ya que no explica el por qué tala los arboles de esa manera, aunque si sé qué se alimenta de frutas y otros pequeños animales como termitas.}

^{Es muy tranquilo aunque si se siente en peligro utilizara sin piedad sus tan imponentes fauces}

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What is clear to me from seeing it so closely is that it does not have very good eyesight, I suppose that is why it is equipped with such extraordinary antennas, they are very long and divided into small sections and each section is endowed with tiny villi. When he feels in danger he stays still and begins to scream, while doing that he opens and closes his jaw, and at times he is left with his jaws completely open waiting for an attack.

^{Lo que me queda claro al verlo tan de cerca es que no tiene una muy buena vista, supongo que por eso esta dotado con tan extraordinarias antenas, son muy largas y dividas en pequeñas secciones y cada seccion esta dotada con diminutas vellosidades. Cuando se siente en peligro se queda quieto y comienza a lanzar un chillido, mientras hace eso abre y cierra su mandibula, y por momentos queda con sus fauces completamente abiertas en espera de algun ataque.}

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I really did not dare to touch it because of its imposing appearance, I put a few drops of water on the tree where it was, I also added small pieces of mango so that it could eat something, after a while when it was calmer because apparently it was Eager for hunger and thirst, I carefully placed it in a glass and set it free in a wasteland full of vegetation, there you can cut down the branches you prefer without causing any damage.