Botany Bay Weevil
The Botany Bay Weevil (Chrysolopus spectabilis) is a distinctive Australian weevilin the family Curculionidae. Famous for its striking black-and-green pattern, it was first collected and describednear Botany Bay, close to present-day Sydney, and has since become an iconic example of Australia’s...
How many types of insects are there in the world (insects that win by quantity)
Recent research shows that there may be 10 million species of insects in the world, accounting for about half of all biological species on the earth. However, there are currently only 1 million named insect species, accounting for 2/3-3/4 of the known species in the animal kingdom. It can be...