The Goliath beetle (or Goliathus goliatus) is a large species of insect that lives in the savanna and rainforests of Central Africa. The males and females are different in appearance and size; the males being larger – between 60 and 100mm – with a dark brown abdomen, a brown thorax with white stripes, black legs as well as a white head with a Y-shaped horn. The females have shorter, thinner stripes on the thorax, are smaller in size – between 50 and 80mm – and do not have a horn. Little is known about the lifecycle of this species in the wild, but it is threatened by habitat loss due to destruction of the rainforests that it lives. |
