Beetles come in a dazzling range of colours, but few of us really appreciate their looks. Poul Beckman hopes to change that with Living Jewels: The Natural Design of Beetles (Prestel, £24.95, $39.95), a collection of full-page photographs of beauties such as Sternotomis bohemani bohemani, shown here.
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Beautiful beetles. Nature 416, 18 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/416018b
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