On: Why are there so many beetle species?

[Terr_]

True, my summary was inaccurate, I don't think Pratchett specifically mentioned cockroaches as any of the-insects-in-question.

[roomey → Terr_]

The god was obsessed with making different beetles.

But then he was talking about the "pinnical" of life and evolution. Ponder thought he meant humans, capable of mastering their world.

Then he looked down and saw the leg twitch...