Beetles are everywhere, they eat everything, and they do everything. How’s that for a scientific explanation?
Photo of Rhino Beetle ©Nicky Bay
Across the globe it’s anybody’s guess how many beetles are out there awaiting discovery. About half a million beetle species are identified, described and catalogued in the world’s museums and reported in about 250 years of erudite scientific literature, but in 1982 a philosophical bombshell rocked the entomological establishment.
