#christmasbeetle — Public Fediverse posts

Cycling along #merriCreek
#Art #illustration #Mural
by #FatherMarker

#ChristmasBeetle #LongEaredbat #YellowBox #Eucalyptus

First Christmas Beetle - Lamprima aurata - of the season. This one is reddish gold in the sunlight but when moved to the shade it looks green. Last year I mainly saw pink ones.

#Nature #Beetles #Tasmania #Insects #Metallic #ChristmasBeetle

Sydney Uni is tracking Christmas Beetles with the help of citizen scientists. You can volunteer to help find them!

https://sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d45gIglWNLAw4Ae

#Australia #Christmas #ChristmasBeetle #Science #CitizenScience #Insects

Four more insects from putting a #LepiLED UV light out at Wilpena Pound in the Ikara-Flinders National Park, South Australia, 8 December 2023:

#Shieldbug Coleotichus costatus
#Grasshopper Pardillana limbata
#Antlion Heoclisus fundata
#ChristmasBeetle Anoplognathus narmarus

#entomology #Australia #insects

Christmas has come a touch early with this wonderful gift - new records of a Christmas Beetle species!

#ChristmasBeetle #Christmas #ausinverts #ozinverts #wildoz #naturephotography #invertebrates #nature #biodiversity #citizenscience

Keeping my eye out this festive season …. 😀

‘A huge worry’: Christmas beetle decline spurs calls for citizen sightings https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/19/a-huge-worry-christmas-beetle-decline-spurs-calls-for-citizen-sightings

#ChristmasBeetle #AustralianChristmas #AustralianFauna #Beetles #Australia #CitizenScience #AustralianHistory

Where have all the Christmas Beetles gone? If you’ve got a smartphone, you can help us find out! Just take a few photos and upload them to the Christmas Beetles Project on the @[email protected].

#ChristmasBeetle #Christmas #wildoz #invertebrates #biodiversity #citizenscience

rainbow black
Christmas beetles
missing this year
~ Jahan Tyson
#Haiku #FreeHaiku #AustralianHaiku #JahanTyson #XmasHaiku #ChristmasBeetle #AIArt #Craiyon @freehaiku