Nature has been compared to a highly-skilled architect with all living things products of her design. Without doubt, the order Coleoptera is one of her more successful and well thought-out lines. Indeed, beetles have existed since the time of the dinosaurs and today nearly one-quarter of all known animal species is a beetle! This splendid mount uses wonderfully preserved representatives of nine beetle families, each chosen because it demonstrates a unique feature, to showcase variety in ecology and form. Families represented are: Cicindelidae (Tiger Beetle), Dytiscidae (Diving Beetle), Curculionidae (Snout Beetle), Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetle), Buprestidae (Metallic Wood Boring Beetle), Dynastidae (Rhinoceros Beetle), Cetoniiae (Flower Beetle), Lucanidae (Stag Beetle) and Cerambycidae (Long Horned Beetle). Measures 20.32 cm x 27.94 cm. |
