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Our collection captures a fraction of that astonishing diversity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced on 250gsm archival matte paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"blue-fungus-beetle-gibbifer-californicus","title":"Blue Fungus Beetle (Gibbifer californicus)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrilliant metallic blue and found living among fungi in western North America, the Blue Fungus Beetle (Gibbifer californicus) is one of the most visually arresting members of the pleasingly named pleasing fungus beetle family (Erotylidae).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Blue Fungus Beetle is found primarily in California, Oregon, and parts of the American Southwest, where it lives on and around bracket fungi growing on hardwood trees, particularly oaks. Both adults and larvae feed on the fruiting bodies of these polypore fungi, spending much of their lives in close association with decaying wood. 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Its wide, translucent wing cases and paper-thin profile allow it to slip between layers of bracket fungi in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViolin Beetles are found in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia. Their extreme flatness is an adaptation to life between the layers of bracket fungi growing on tree trunks, where they hunt for insect larvae and other small invertebrates. Despite their delicate appearance, they are active predators with powerful mandibles. When threatened, they can spray a caustic chemical from their abdomen - an effective deterrent that belies their papery, almost fragile look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Violin Beetle belongs to the ground beetle family (Carabidae), though its arboreal habits set it apart from its earth-bound relatives. 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This tanklike insect from the south-central United States and northern Mexico has an exoskeleton so heavily armoured it can reportedly bend an entomologist's mounting pin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Texas Ironclad Beetle is found in deciduous woodlands and scrubland across Texas, Oklahoma, and neighbouring states, where it feeds on fungi growing on the bark of dead and dying trees - particularly pecans, oaks, and elms. It is slow-moving, flightless, and largely nocturnal, relying on its extraordinary toughness rather than speed or flight for defence. The exoskeleton is so hard that entomologists have historically struggled to pin specimens without bending their pins - a practical difficulty that has become part of the beetle's legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable durability has drawn the attention of materials scientists studying biological armour. The beetle's exoskeleton achieves its strength through interlocking joints between the wing cases - a form of biological engineering that distributes force across multiple connection points rather than concentrating stress. 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Calosoma schayeri is the principal Australian representative of this cosmopolitan lineage, and shares the family trait of producing a pungent, oily secretion when handled - a chemical defence that discourages predators but does little to endear the beetle to anyone who picks one up. 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