Natural History Museum's Beetle Collection Quiz

What makes the Natural History Museum's beetle collection stand out globally?

• It is the oldest collection of any insect species.

• It is the most colorful collection in the world.

• It is the only collection with live beetles.

• It has the largest number of beetle species in the world.

Where can you find the Titanus gigantus, the largest beetle species?

• In the deserts of Australia

• In the rainforests of Northern Brazil and the Guianas

• In the mountains of Nepal

• In the savannas of Africa

What is the size of the smallest beetle, the featherwing beetle?

• 3 millimeters long

• 3 centimeters long

• 3 meters long

• 3 micrometers long

How many beetle specimens did Charles Darwin collect during the Voyage of the Beagle?

• 800 specimens

• 8,000 specimens

• 80,000 specimens

• 800,000 specimens

Approximately how many beetle species have scientists named so far?

• 40,000,000 species

• 400,000 species

• 40,000 species

• 4,000,000 species