This unique beetle is almost extinct because of a love of beer bottles! This is an Australian species of gem beetles called Julodimorpha bakewelli. They live widely in the arid regions of Western Australia, which are rare for humans. Since the beginning of the last century, people have discovered that this beetle has become very rare, but no one knows what happened. It wasn't until the 1980s that an entomologist couple—Darryl Gwynne and David Re…
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This unique beetle is almost extinct because of a love of beer bottles! This is an Australian species of gem beetles called Julodimorpha bakewelli. They live widely in the arid regions of Western Australia, which are rare for humans. Since the beginning of the last century, people have discovered that this beetle has become very rare, but no one knows what happened. It wasn't until the 1980s that an entomologist couple—Darryl Gwynne and David Re…