Top 10 Too big insects

10th
Goliathus goliatus – !GOLIATH BEETLE / GOLIATHKÄFER!

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.

9th
Tropidacris cristata

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.

8th
Butterfly Replicas – Ornithoptera alexandrae

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.

7th
Lamprigera – GIANT MUTANT Thailand Firefly Found in Jungle – BRIGHT Light 🇹🇭Thailand Living

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)

6th

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.

5th
Female Phobaeticus serratipes (stick insect) nymph

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.

4th
Attacus atlas female

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.

3rd
Heteropteryx dilatata attack

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.

2nd
Macrolyristes malaysian giant katydid

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.

1st
Titanus giganteus

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.

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