Meet the Beetles
Part of the Darwin exhibition.
At every stop on the voyage, Darwin collected beetles. His personal collection include insects from all over the world.
Beetles
Collected by Charles Darwin
Specimen numbers: 1-20
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Oxycara cribratum
Cape Verde Islands--1832 -
Longitarsus sp.
Bahia, Brazil--1832 -
Canthidium trinodosum
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil--1832 -
Prox pilularius
off Montevideo, Uruguay--1832 -
Neobrachypterus darwini
Bahia Blanca, Argentina--1832 -
Nyctelia rugosa
Bahia Blanca, Argentina--1832 -
Brachinus platensis
Maldonado, Uruguay--1833 -
Chanopterus brevipennis
Tierra del Fuego--1833 -
Nyctelia fitzroyi
Port Desire, Argentina--1834 -
Lathrididae
Concepcin, Chile--1835 -
Oedionychus fairmairei
Valparaiso, Chile--1835 -
Parahelops darwini
Valparaiso, Chile--1835 -
Scymnus galapagoensis
Charles I, Galpagos Islands--1835 -
Oemona humilis
Bay of Islands, New Zealand--1835 -
Allelidea ctenostomoides
Sydney, Australia--1836 -
Anthicus strictus
Hobart, Tasmania--1836 -
Phalacrus corruscans
King George's Sound, Australia--1836 -
Meligethes splendidulus
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa--1836 -
Oxytelus alutaceifrons
St. Helena, Mid-Atlantic--1836
Butterfly
Collected by Charles Darwin
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Tatochila theodice gymnodice
Tierra del Fuego, Port Famine--1834
Moths
Collected by Charles Darwin
Specimen numbers: 22-25
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Arctiidae
South America--1834 - Arctiidae South America--1834
- Utetheisa pulchelloides darwini Keeling Islands--1836
- Utetheisa pulchelloides darwini Keeling Islands--1836
Flies
Collected by Charles Darwin
Specimen numbers: 26-30
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Chloropidae
Chilo, Chile--1834 -
Paractora trichosterna
Falkland Islands--1834 -
Prosopantium aequiseta
Falkland Islands--1834 -
Anisopodidae
Tierra del Fuego, Port Famine--1834 -
Hippoboscidae
St. Paul Rocks, Brazil--1832
Bugs
Collected by Charles Darwin
Specimen numbers: 31-33
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Kaapia darwini
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa--1834 -
Caffrolix cyclopia
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa--1834 -
Cephalelus sp.
King George's Sound, Australia--1834