Scarab beetles are among the best-known insects, largely thanks to the ancient Egyptians, who believed that a supernatural scarab was the force that moved the sun across the sky.
This scarab pin, cast from a painstakingly hand-carved original wax model, is based on Anomiopsoides heteroclyta, a Patagonian species that is crowned with a handsome pair of forklift-like horns. Each beetle is hand-finished and oxidized to bring out all the details.