African beetles

Here are a few images of African beetles that we have been sen by some of our readers. If you have any more, send us what you have.

Goliath beetles are a type of fruit chafer and are arguably the heaviest beetle in the world, so heavy that they have been known to knock children of bikes when in flight! Uganda. Credit Chris Dowson

This is a mating pair of longhorn beetles. It's difficult to know what species. Uganda.

Longhorn beetle endemic to Ethiopia - Sternotomis caillaudi Chevrolat. Trevor Jenner of Jenner Expeditions