The goliath beetle has white stripes and grows up to four inches long.

Next to the ladybugs are the Hercules and Goliath beetles.

Finally, there are collections of rare insects for sale, like the Goliath beetle from Africa.

There are five species of Goliath beetles, with several different subspecies and forms only partially described:

Goliath beetles can be found in many of Africa's tropical forests, where they feed primarily on tree sap and fruit.

Insects come in all shapes and sizes, from the sizable Goliath Beetle to the microscopic fairyfly.

The Goliath beetles (named after the biblical giant Goliath) are among the largest insects on Earth, if measured in terms of size, bulk and weight.

Among beetles, the most popular are large species of stag beetles, rhinoceros beetles, kabutomushi, and goliath beetles.

Insects are abundant and some are quite spectacular, such as Goliath beetles, pink and green Flower Mantis, and numerous colorful butterflies (489 species).

Among beetles some of the most popular are the Stag Beetle, Rhinoceros Beetle, Kabutomushi, and Goliath Beetle, for their sheer size.

Among the numerous species of African beetles are the famous sacred scarab, the Centaurus beetle, the Manticora Tiger Beetle and enormous Goliath beetles.

Goliath beetles, like almost all other beetles, possess a reinforced first pair of wings (called elytra) which act as protective covers for their secondary pair of wings and abdomen.

"People are starting to line up for the chance to pay $75 for a goliath beetle, and a person looking for a really exotic pet now buys a seven-pound frog," Mr. Smith said.

Other naval personnel became frogmen clearing obstacles including elements-C and diving to disarm Goliath beetle tanks off Normandy, later clearing river obstructions often under fire in north-west Europe.

She showed Craig microscopic feather winged beetles of the family Pdhidae which were a mere one hundredth of an inch long and compared them" to the monstrous African Goliath beetles.

Some of the well-known beetles from the Scarabaeidae are Japanese beetles, dung beetles, June beetles, rose chafers (Australian, European and North American), rhinoceros beetles, Hercules beetles and Goliath beetles.

More than 5,000 of them, ranging in size from fist-sized Goliath beetles to specks that measure less than a fraction of an inch, are on display for six weeks at Harvard University, many for the first time, in an exhibit called "Beetlemania."

Besides his collection, there are Mr. Erenberg's bug drawings, including a 5-by-4-foot watercolor of a Goliath beetle, which was part of an exhibition of his watercolors called "Entomechanica" last summer at the National Arts Club in Manhattan.

The zoo has received four AZA awards for this achievement, which also includes breeding of many rare species like the Hercules beetle, the Royal Goliath beetle, the Giant Southeast Asian Walking Stick and the Harlequin beetle.

SWARMING the world in a dazzling array of shapes, colors and sizes from gargantuan Goliath beetles to jewel-like tortoise beetles to dearly familiar ladybugs, beetles, with more species than any other plant or animal group on earth, are the undeniable rulers of the planet.

Jerome S. Smith, who as deputy chief of law enforcement for the wildlife service in Arlington, Va., has watched the import of pets for 25 years, said, "We are seeing demands for creatures like the red-kneed tarantula from Latin America, and the goliath frog and the goliath beetle, both from Africa."