"An inordinate fondness for beetles." A possibly apocryphal reply to theologians who inquired if there was anything that could be concluded about the Creator f

"An inordinate fondness for beetles." A possibly apocryphal reply to theologians who inquired if there was anything that could be concluded about the Creator from the study of creation; as described in "Homage to Santa Rosalia, or why are there so many kinds of animals" by G. Evelyn Hutchinson in American Naturalist (May-June 1959); This alludes to the fact that there are more types of beetles than any other form of insect, and more insects than any other kind of animal. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._B._S._Haldane https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._B._S._Haldane