One more thing, pete, since I's rather it wasn't just forgotten about. Remember you said "if you can just manage to explain something from that "massive amount of evidence" that cannot also be explained by the creation model, then I will bow out till I can answer it"

Now, the reason I mentioned marsupials being concentrated in Australasia as an example, rather than a main question, was because to me the question was so obvious that I assumed creationists would have a stock answer they roll out. It literally didn't occur to me that they would have no answer, however dubious.

So that's another fact for you to explain using the creation model, namely "Marpusials are concentrated in Australasia". And remember, the rules of the game don't accept "That's just how it is" as an answer, because the evolution model has an explanation for the particular fact derived from the general theory.

Of course, you might well find a stock answer somewhere and just haven't looked. That's fine, record it here and we will continue focus on the beetles.