How much weight can a Bess Bug lift or carry?

Question

ok, i know a Hercules Beetle can pull a weight 850 times its own body weight, but how many times its own body weight can a bess bug lift?? i want to find out what the second storngest insect in the world is. Hercules beetle comes 1st, but whatt comes second??? is it the bess bug?? or can something else lift more?? and if so then how much??

Answer 1

Bess bugs (betsy beetles, passalids, Odontotaenius disjunctus etc.) can pull up to at least 45 grams.  Pretty good, as the beetle may weigh only one gram or so!