Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Spilopyra sumptuosa), family Chrysomelidae, SE QLD, Australia
photograph by Hongming Kan
via herpsandbirds
The Book of Beetles by Patrice Bouchard, 2014
More than one fifth of all the known life forms on this planet are beetles. They are extraordinarily visually diverse: the famous British geneticist J.B.S Haldane, when asked what could be inferred about God from a study of His works, replied, 'An inordinate fondness for beetles.'
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