Real beetle terrarium ring. This unique piece of wearable art features a lovely specimen known as "The Gold Dust Weevil" or Hypomeces squamosus a genus of the true weevil family.
This little guy is even more beautiful in person, very shimmery and unique to the natural eye. I couldn't find much information about these while searching books and online other then they are native to Malaysia , so they must be fairly rare.
Also encased inside is rose quartz, vacant sun bleached snail shell, pink miniature star daisy, baby's breath and preserved mushroom. This ring has a real glass dome about 30 mm, comes in rose gold tone and is adjustable.
No insects are ever harmed to create my jewelry they are either found naturally deceased or come from Insect Sanctuaries which actually help maintain the species and their habitat. Here they are allowed to live out their full lifespan and are collected post-mortem so that their beauty can live on. In fact native people (Malaysia, Indonesia, Papa New Guinea etc..) are encouraged to raise insects other then cut down the land for cash crops.
Would make a lovely statement piece! Only one available.