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Showing posts with label Christmas beetles; Anoplognathus smaragdinus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas beetles; Anoplognathus smaragdinus. Show all posts

Friday, 14 December 2012

Seasons Greetings

These Christmas Beetles,  Anoplognathus smaragdinus, have taken season's greetings to a new level.

These were photographed by Jack Hasenpusch at the Australian Insect Farm not far from Innisfail, Queensland. This year has seen a tremendous population explosion of these scarab beetles in his area. But in the Kuranda vicinity, a few hundred kilometres to the north, the beetle populations are normal and we see only a few at the lights each night.