Hercules Beetle 🌎 ACTION Model 🌏 Pure Origami

[Intermediate] How to fold a Hercules Beetle the closes its pincers when you press down on its back! This model looks realistic and although it might be challenging for some people to fold, it’s actually from a relatively simple base -- a narrowed Blintzed Bird Base, and my method of teaching it is by precreasing a Waterbomb Base and then decreeping. The prototype for this model was made during a Zoom tutoring session with one of my students and was chosen for me to refine and teach by the winner of my Zoom Giveaway Contest. To schedule tutoring sessions with me please visit: Usually during the sessions you’ll come up with an idea for something you would like me to try to design and I’ll walk you through the design process as you fold along. If we succeed in folding it we can record a video of our finished model if it’s ok with you (and your parent), and there’s a small chance I will teach it on my channel. During sessions we also sometimes play the game “You Fold I Fold