Extremely rare genuine insect taxidermy you can wear ! Gorgeous 2" pendant ! High quality, transparent amber-like lucite - very detailed !!! Assorted embroidered necklace to match. Unique gothic jewelry to add to any collection ! Perfect teaching aide for kids too ! BEETLES. "A group of insects which have the largest number of species. They are placed in the order Coleoptera, which means "sheathed wing". The Coleoptera contains more described species than in any other order in the animal kingdom, constituting about 25% of all known life-forms. Forty percent of all described insect species are beetles (about 350,000 species), and new species are frequently discovered. Estimates put the total number of species, described and undescribed, at between 5 and 8 million." |