beetle Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/beetle/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Sun, 26 Feb 2023 06:37:59 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Insect named for Hitler draws criticism from organizational, academic circles https://www.jwire.com.au/insect-named-for-hitler-draws-criticism-from-organizational-academic-circles/ https://www.jwire.com.au/insect-named-for-hitler-draws-criticism-from-organizational-academic-circles/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2023 06:37:59 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=145184 Connections between the Nazis and Volkswagen Beetles are well known. But an insect that looks like Adolf Hitler bearing his name? That’s like letting the bed bugs bite. An insect endemic to Southeast Asia and India, with the scientific name catacanthus incarnatus, is being called a “Hitler bug” for a feature on its back that […]

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