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Striped tiny beetle
Copyright © 2021 E Ivar Husa

Striped tiny beetle
Buenos Aires NWR, Pima County, Arizona, USA
August 23, 2021
Size: 3/8"
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Contributed by E Ivar Husa on 25 August, 2021 - 7:47pm
Last updated 20 February, 2024 - 5:42pm

Frassed as duplicate of 2051193
Moved from Doryphorina.
… v belov, 20 February, 2024 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved & cropped for expert attention
by beetle standards, 3/8" is not tiny but above average

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 25 August, 2021 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I knew beetles have diverged into hundreds of thousands of species, but hadn't learned so many are so small!

Off topic, but highly recommend Richard Prum's book 'The Evolution of Beauty'. It advances knowledge about an evolutionary mechanism first proposed by Charles Darwin, that of sexual selection. This refutes, with much evidence, the notion that all genetic drift (change in species) is driven by 'useful adaptation' such that make following generations more fit to survive is wrong.

I am 2/3 through and have learned so much. Classic book. The book doesn't address insect/bug evolution directly, but the 'Beauty Happens' mechanism likely initiated most speciation.

Check it out. Science, man. You gotta love it.
… E Ivar Husa, 26 August, 2021 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

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