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An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles

24 images Created 6 Feb 2015

"God has an inordinate fondness for beetles." - J. B. S. Haldane, British geneticist and evolutionary biologist. Stephen Jay Gould elaborates on this quote "Haldane was making a theological point: God is most likely to take trouble over reproducing his own image, and his 400,000 attempts at the perfect beetle contrast with his slipshod creation of man. When we meet the Almighty face to face he will resemble a beetle"
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  • A whirligig beetle, or Gyrinidae beetle, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
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  • A six-spotted tiger beetle ( Cicindela sexguttata) photographed with a high-speed camera. East Texas.
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  • Zebra Flower Longhorn Beetle (Typocerus zebra) in flight, Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
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  • A six-spotted tiger beetle ( Cicindela sexguttata) photographed with a high-speed camera. East Texas.
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  • A predacious diving beetle ( Cybister fimbriolatus) photographed with a high-speed camera. Central Texas.
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  • A predacious diving beetle ( Cybister fimbriolatus) photographed with a high-speed camera. Central Texas.
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  • A burying beetle (Nicrophorus defodiens) in flight. Cascade Head Preserve, Oregon Coast.
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  • A burying beetle (Nicrophorus defodiens) in flight. Cascade Head Preserve, Oregon Coast.
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  • An eyed-elater (also click beetle) (family elateridae) flying at night. When beetles fly, they lift the hard forewing (elytra) and extend their soft wings for flight. Lost Pines Forest, Central Texas.
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  • A tiger beetle ( Cicindela sp), east Texas.
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  • A carrion beetle (Nicrophorus carolinensis) in flight, Texas. Note the parasitic mites living on the exoskeleton.
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  • An euphoria beetle (euphoria fulgida) photographed with a high-speed camera. Central Texas.
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  • whirligig beetles, or Gyrinidae beetles, (Dineutus sp) swimming in water. Central Texas.
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  • A longhorn beetle flower (Leptura obliterata) pollinating a garden daisy flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • A longhorn beetle flower (Leptura obliterata) pollinating a garden daisy flower in western Oregon. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
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  • A giant root borer beetle larva (Prionus californicus) near decaying soft wood that it was eating. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
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  • A giant root borer beetle larva (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-25.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle larva (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-15.jpg
  • A bee mimic beetle (Trichiotinus sp.) in flight. Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
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  • A japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) in flight - Tennessee. These insects damage plants by skeletonizing the foliage, that is, consuming only the leaf material between the veins, and may also feed on fruit on the plants if present.)
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  • Douglas Fir Glowworm (Pterotus obscuripennis) displaying  bio-luminescence at night. Tillamook State Forest, coastal mountains, Oregon.
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  • Douglas Fir Glowworm (Pterotus obscuripennis) displaying  bio-luminescence at night. Tillamook State Forest, coastal mountains, Oregon.
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  • A large Pine Sawyer Beetle (Ergates spiculatus) flying at night in the Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon.
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  • A large Pine Sawyer Beetle (Ergates spiculatus) flying at night in the Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon.
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