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Answer for #9239 Anophthalmus hitleri or the Hitler Beetle

A species of blind beetle found in Slovenia. Despite being utterly unremarkable, these beetles have been picked to near extinction by beetle-enthusiasts and Neo-Nazis searching for Hitler memorabilia. The beetle was named by an Austrian collector as a tribute to Adolf Hitler in 1933.

Image 1- Dinosaurs: Keyword was extinct or extinction. This was intended to help differentiate it from other similarly named beetles. Though it might not have have been apparent right away, it should have made sense once you had seen the articles about these beetles being near extinction.
Image 2 - The Volkswagen Beelte, also colloquially called a Bug. Either beetle or bug would have worked as a keyword.
Image 3 - Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. Keyword was blind.
Image 4 - Donald Trump raising his arm in the Nazi salute. Keyword was Nazi.

Any combination of Nazi+Beetle, Nazi+ bug, Blind+Beetle, with or without ‘extinct’ would have returned articles on the subject.

Friday night reading - The Beetle Almost Driven To Extinction By Neo-Nazis