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Odjeljenje za prirodne nauke, zoologija, insekti, kukci, Goliath

Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus) and Goliathus goliathus Linnaeus

The male of the South American Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) is 17 cm long and is the longest beetle on earth. The African Goliath beetle (Goliathus goliathus) bears the title of the heaviest species in the group; it is so large that its larvae weigh 100 grams.

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Prirodne nauke, insekti, vilin konjic

Balkan goldenring — Cordulegaster heros Theischinger

Dragonflies are among the oldest known insects. Their ancestors lived on the Earth more than 300 million years ago. Some of these insects had incredible proportions; with a wing span of 70 cm, they were the largest insects that ever existed.

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Natural sciences, zoology, insect, beetle, Rosalia

Rosalia longicorn — Rosalia alpina (Linnaeus)

Beetles (Coleoptera) are the most numerous insect group and the largest group of living beings on the planet, with about 400,000 described species to date. Of that number, around 29,000 are distributed in Europe, but there are no reliable data on the number of species in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Odjeljenje za prirodne nauke, zoologija, insekti, kukci, pećine, endem, endemska vrsta

Anthroherpon cylindricollis (Apfelbeck)

The Dinaric karst covers the better part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is extremely abundant in various underground habitats, where a plethora of species live, many of them endemic.

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