A Conversation for Bizarre Beetle Branding - Etymology meets Entomology
Tolkien insects
Aurora Started conversation Jan 10, 2007
A new species of insect has been named "Gollumjapyx Smeagol" because it lives only in deep caves. "The new invertebrate has all the properties of a subterranean insect: its skin has no pigment." 
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Tolkien insects
U168592 Posted Jan 11, 2007
Cool! It's suprising there's no Gimli beetle to be honest, as I'd have thought there were loads of small, short, fat ugly ones about 
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