An exhibition in the Munich Museum of Man and Nature is dedicated to beetles, a successful model of evolution.
It’s not really size that ultimately decides who prevails in nature. Proof of this is the evolutionary history of beetles. Because it shows that a small, relatively inconspicuous animal species can conquer any conceivable habitat. With more than 380,000 species, beetles are also among the insects with the richest variety of colors and shapes. A selection of very impressive specimens is currently in the exhibition “Very close. Little beetles really big” can be seen in the Munich Museum of Man and Nature. In the form of large-format pictures that the Augsburg photographer Thomas Büchsemann took of them.
These include a neon green stag beetle species from New Guinea and the scarab beetle species Coelosis biloba, which is native to Central and South America and can be seen here. The just over ten specimens photographed all come from the Augsburg Natural History Museum, where, by the way, another exhibition by Thomas Büchsemann, “Very close. Bläulinge”, can be seen until November 5th. As for the exhibition in Munich: We already reported on this on August 26th on the SZ Extra page. And unfortunately we made a mistake with the photo information. Of course, the name Thomas Büchsemann should have appeared in the original images shown.
Very close. Little beetles really biguntil January 7th, Museum of Man and Nature, Nymphenburg Palace, mmn-muenchen.snsb.de