Astonished officers found 439 Japanese Stag Beetles hidden behind a snack packet. These orange-coloured beetles are considered exotic in China and are valued as one of the most expensive insects ...

Officers counted 11 species of beetle, including the Japanese stag beetle Atlas rhinoceros beetle, Goliathus orientalis and the orange-backed stag beetle, of which there were 125 specimens.

The specimens, which included scarab beetles, stag beetles and darkling beetles ... grasshoppers and crickets do find their way onto the Japanese dinner table, especially in rural areas, beetles ...