Fig. 3: Diversity of iridescent beetle body parts used as adornments.

A Man’s necklace of green beetle legs, collected in 1911, Saint Matthias Islands. British Museum, London. B Naga Konyak man’s shoulder-ornament, ca. 1920, India. Photo: Michael Backman Ltd, London. C Young man’s neck ornament, glass beads and beetles, collected in 1936, India. Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. D Headband, plant material and jewel beetles, New Guinea. Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt. E Lady Granville’s tiara formed of weewils Lamprocyphus augustus, 1884–1885, Britain. British Museum, London. F Ring adorned with the weevil Tetrabothynus regalis, 18th century, West Indies. Natural History Museum, London. Photo: Lucie Goodayle/courtesy of Maxwell Barclay.