2006-12-04 02:59:51 · 6 answers · asked by Sulamita A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The African Goliath beetle, Goliath goliath, is the heaviest beetle (insect) in the world and weighs 100 grams (3.5 ounces) - the same as 33 pennies.☺
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2006-12-04 03:40:56 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Goliath beetles are the largest insects on Earth, if measured in terms of bulk and weight. Adult beetles can way from 80 - 100 grams.
2006-12-04 03:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by whawkeyes06 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Until further relevant data is available, five beetle species are likely co-title holders for Largest Insect. Beetles were selected due to their obvious density and greater measureable bulk. Though a gravid specimen of the cricket-like giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, of New Zealand had a reported weight of 71 grams (Moffett 1991), weight data is lacking for nearly all of the beetles and extreme measurements of Deinacrida indicate it is smaller in bulk. Obviously, a maximum Titanus is compelling in comparison of top views, but there is yet no evidence that one of 16.7 cm has a measureably greater volume than the giant scarabs
2006-12-04 20:27:36 · answer #3 · answered by narayan23333 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The other answers have it right. The heaviest
adult beetle is just under a quarter of a pound.
Crazy car has two errors in his answer. The
juvenile of the beetle is a larva, larvae is plural, and
a single kind of organism is a species, not a
specie. Species is both singular and plural, the
word specie means money in the form of coins.
2006-12-04 03:54:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Elephant beetle ,Megasoma actaeon . The larvae of this specie is liklely the heaviest known insect, wighing in at 200g, whereas the adult may exceed 85g.
2006-12-04 03:16:30 · answer #5 · answered by crazy.carabid 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think Paul was about 175 pounds.
2006-12-04 03:04:08 · answer #6 · answered by landersonjr1958 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋