Why are there so many species of beetles? – Model Slux
Caroline Chaboo’s eyes mild up when she talks about tortoise beetles. Like gems, they exist in myriad brilliant colours: shiny blue, crimson, orange, leaf inexperienced and clear flecked with gold. They’re members of a bunch of 40,000 species of leaf beetles, the Chrysomelidae, one of the species-rich branches of the huge beetle order, Coleoptera. “You’ve … Read more
