There are thousands of varieties of beetles in Maine

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 28, 2020

While it may be tempting to dismiss beetles as just another creepy-crawly bug scuttling through Maine. That would be a huge mistake. Like all the members of the scientific class Insecta, beetles play an important role in the state’s ecosystem. And beetles also play a big role in the ecosystem in terms of sheer mass, too. Thousands of species of beetles live in Maine alone. Of all the animals on Earth, a quarter of all species walking, flying, swimming or burrowing around us are beetles.