An exhibit of larger-than-life sculptures of beetles made out of scrap metal and micro-photography of beetles on large prints opens Friday, May 18, at the Shafer Art Gallery on the Barton Community College campus.The gallery will host an opening reception for the CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions Art and Science Encounter Series: Beauty and the Beetle, featuring sculptures by Gar Waterman and photos by William Guth, at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The exhibit will remain in the gallery through July 6.The larger representations of beetles allow visitors to see the intricate beauty of the insects. Growing up, Waterman often found himself surrounded by marine life alongside his father Stan Waterman, one of the pioneer underwater filmmakers in the United States.