Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Large

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Sub-Saharan Africa

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Armor

Status

Rare

About

This massive beetle dwells in the tropical forests of equatorial Africa. Its larvae require a diet of rotting wood to grow up to four inches in length.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Goliathus

Species

Goliathus goliatus