What species Goliathus do I have?

[InvertsandOi]

I bought this as an L2 grub, and it was sold to me as Goliathus goliatus, but it looks more like orientalis or regius so far. Thoughts?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CVbm73usbEE/?utm_medium=copy_link

 

[InvertsandOi]

Sorry for the link. It wouldn't let me upload the photos directly.

 

[Goliathus]

That's a female G. goliatus, light color morph.  The coloration of this species is extremely variable.  This particular subspecies (G. goliatus goliatus) is common in Cameroon, which is likely where all of the G. goliatus cultures in captivity originated from.

 

[InvertsandOi]

That's a female G. goliatus, light color morph.  The coloration of this species is extremely variable.  This particular subspecies (G. goliatus goliatus) is common in Cameroon, which is likely where all of the G. goliatus cultures in captivity originated from.

Interesting. Thank you!

 

[Fire Moth]

You are very lucky. That variation is 2x or 3x more market price.

 

[Goliathus]

In case anyone is interested, here are some examples of dark color morph females of G. goliatus - 

Source: https://www.beetlebreeding.ch/

 

[Goliathus]

And here's the lightest color morph of G. goliatus, (G. g. quadrimaculatus), which only occurs in one particular part of western Cameroon -