[Modernman]

But you would have to look deeper than simple dipsomania to explain the inordinate fondness for beetles

Beetles are God's chosen species. Why else would He create tens of thousands of beetle species?

[Amish with an attitude]

"Why else would He create tens of thousands of beetle species?"

Natures garbage disposals, you gotta have alot of them to get the job done.

[Doctor Stochastic]

I have read somewhere (but I didn't actually verify it) that there is more protoplasm tied up in Coleoptera than in any other order of animals. Anecdotal evidence seems to bear this out.