Goliathus goliathus
- Maximum body size
- over 100mm (over 3.9 in)
- Scientific name
- Goliathus goliathus
- Taxonomy
- Family:Scarabaeidae
- Genus:Goliathus
- Range
- Central Africa
The world’s heaviest class insect.
Giant Red-winged Grasshopper
- Maximum body size
- over 150mm (over 5.9 in)
- Scientific name
- Tropidacris cristata
- Taxonomy
- Family:Romaleidae
- Genus:Tropidacris
- Range
- Central America
The largest grasshopper(Grasshopperaceae) in the world.
Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing
- Maximum Wingspan
- over 280mm (over 11 in)
- Scientific name
- Ornithoptera alexandrae
- Taxonomy
- Family:Papilionidae
- Genus:Ornithoptera
- Range
- Papua New Guinea
The largest butterfly in the world.
A type of Lamprigera
- Maximum body size
- over 100mm (over 3.9 in)
- Scientific name
- Lamprigera sp.
- Taxonomy
- Family:Lampyridae
- Genus:Lamprigera
- Range
- Southeast Asia
Identification of species is unknown. (classification is not definitive in the first place)
The world’s largest class of fireflies. (land fireflies)
Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi
- Maximum Wingspan
- over 210mm (over 8.3 in)
- Scientific name
- Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi
- Taxonomy
- Family:Corydalidae
- Genus:Acanthacorydalis
- Range
- Near the border of China Vietnam
It has no particular endemic name and is called by its scientific name.
The largest aquatic insect in the world.
Phobaeticus serratipes
- Maximum body size
- 555mm (21.9 in) Including the length of the legs.
- Scientific name
- Phobaeticus serratipes
- Taxonomy
- Family:Phasmatidae
- Genus:Phobaeticus
- Range
- Malaysia
It has no particular endemic name and is called by its scientific name.
The world’s longest insect was once the world’s longest insect, and the world’s longest insect today is Phryganistria chinensis Zhao.
Atlas moth
- Maximum Wingspan
- over 300mm (over 11.9 in)
- Scientific name
- Attacus atlas
- Taxonomy
- Family:Saturniidae
- Genus:Attacus
- Range
- South Asia to East Asia
Like the Hercules moth, it is the largest moth in the world.
Malayan jungle nymph
- Maximum body size
- over 150mm (over 5.9 in)
- Scientific name
- Heteropteryx dilatata
- Taxonomy
- Family:Heteropterygidae
- Genus:Heteropteryx
- Range
- Malaysia
World’s Largest Stick insect.
Giant Malaysian Katydid
- Maximum body size
- over 150mm (over 5.9 in)
- Scientific name
- Arachnacris corporalis
- Taxonomy
- Family:Tettigoniidae
- Genus:Arachnacris
- Range
- Malaysia
The largest katydidin(Tettigoniidea) the world.
Titan beetle
- Maximum body size
- over 200mm (over 7.9 in)
- Scientific name
- Titanus giganteus
- Taxonomy
- Family:Cerambycidae
- Genus:Titanus
- Range
- Southern South America
The largest beetle in the world.
