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Across North America, there are an estimated 170 fireflies species, which are technically beetles in the order Coleoptera, but inventorying them is a challenge.

The phrase “they come in all shapes and sizes” could have been coined just for the Coleoptera — the beetles.

And the order Coleoptera couldn’t ask for a better Boswell than Durin.

The Coleoptera order, where beetles reside, has more species than any other order: it takes an encyclopedic knowledge to know beetles well.

The earwigs, cockroaches and locusts, which Linnaeus included among the Coleoptera, were early grouped into a distinct order, the Orthoptera.