Charles Darwin inspecting beetles collected during the voyage of the Beagle. (After various sources, especially Huxley & Kettlewell 1965 and Futuyma 1986.)

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Speciescape, in which the size of individual organisms is approximately proportional to the number of described species in the higher taxon that it represents. (After Wheeler 1990.)

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A mature larva of the palm weevil, Rhynchophorus phoenicis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a traditional food item in central Angola, Africa. (Larva after Santos Oliveira et al. 1976.)

Figure 1.3

A delicacy of the Australian Aborigines: a witchety (or witjuti) grub, a caterpillar of a wood moth (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) that feeds on the roots and stems of witjuti bushes (certain Acacia species). (After Cherikoff & Isaacs 1989.)

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