#anoplognathus

[creatureimages]

christmas beetle season‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

wahoo! hooray!

[platypu]

cashier: yeah that'll be $17.20 me: sure just a sec me: *reaches into my pocket and starts handing over these bad boys*

[sallyawayfromhome]

[onphione]

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[coelacanthz]

Due to participation in the Christmas beetle study going on in Australia a few participants documented a beetle not seen since the 1970s, Anoplognathus multiseriatus. Aren’t they gorgeous!

[onenicebugperday]

Golden Christmas beetle, Anoplognathus parvulus, Scarabaeidae

Photographed in Queensland by living_in_fnq

[realindevelopment-returns]

In most of Australia, the term “Christmas beetle” refers to large beetles in the genus Anoplognathus. There are 36 Christmas beetle species, almost all of which are only found in Australia.

Christmas beetles are most common along the east coast and are found over most of the continent, except for a curious absence in the south-west.

They emerge in early summer and seek out mates, sometimes pausing to munch on eucalyptus leaves. Females lay their eggs in the soil. After a few weeks these eggs hatch into chunky white or cream coloured larvae often known as “curl grubs”.

Larvae live in the soil for one to two years until forming a pupa and transforming into their final adult form. They then dig their way out of the ground and take to the air, starting the cycle again.

[houl]

Forget the songs, forget the decorations, forget the sickly sweet food items dyed in red and green, the true herald of the Christmas season are these cheeky fellas. Christmas Beetles. Genus Anoplognathus. Once I peek just one of these golden gals stumbling about, and only the then, will I consider putting up a Christmas tree, dust off the Mariah and stop trying to brawl with Shopping Centre Santas. Sadly, there’s no Christmas Beetles in the US so I’ve had to make my own. #Anoplognathus #christmasbeetle #australianinsects #cardboardandcableties #exceptwithoutcableties #annapolis #houlart #houl (at Art Things) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrLt6VhtUr/?igshid=a5ldc1qzmrfp

[vanlifersjourney-blog]

This little man is commonly called a Christmas Beetle, his correct name is Anoplognathus. He is a native Australian member of the scarab family that you only see around December hence the name Christmas Beetle. We saw these in Old Bar (NSW).

Ce petit bonhomme est communément connu sous le nom de scarabée de Noël, son vrai nom est Anaplognathus. C'est l'un des scarabées qu'on ne trouve qu'en Australie de l'Est, et seulement en Décembre d'où le surnom Scarabée de Noël. Il a été trouvé à Old Bar.

[mumble-pie]

In honour of the season, I drew an Australian Christmas icon: the golden Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus porosus). They're one of 35 species of the genus Anoplognathus, several of which are referred to as Christmas beetles. Christmas beetles are abundant in Australia in December, and look like shiny, hungry Christmas baubles. They reach up to an inch in length and come in metallic shades of gold, silver, yellow, pink, and green. Though pretty, they are destructive little critters, and can kill the eucalyptus trees on which they feed. When I was a child, Christmas beetles were prolific every summer. They were everywhere - in the trees, in the grass, dive-bombing Christmas picnics, packing themselves into door and window screens. I'd pick them up and watch them scuttle down my arms and try to burrow into the folds of my fingers. Sometime at night they'd get into the house and fly about in the dark, thwacking into walls with a meaty thud and making huge amounts of noise for such an itty creature. I'm not sure when they started vanishing. As cities have expanded, the beetles' habitats have been depleted, and until a couple of weeks ago, I hadn't seen a Christmas beetle in years, and I hadn't even realised. The sight of the little golden bodies brought back a wave of nostalgia for the summers of my childhood, and I knew immediately I had to draw one. So here we go. I meant to have this finished by the 25th, but I'm a little late with it. Nonetheless, Merry Christmas, beetle.

[let-go-and-allow]

Christmas Beetle FNQ Style (Anoplognathus sp) by Shane Black Via Flickr: Cooya Beach - Far North Queensland

[nah-itscanberra]

The Starr Bumble Bee II maiden and final flight. An experimental aircraft designed and built specifically to acquire the title of “The World’s Smallest Airplane.” April 1988.
Nah, it’s an Anoplognathus on a flight near Fairbairn. Members of the scarab family, they are noisy and clumsy fliers that often crash into you when you are sitting still having a cider outside, merrily titled “ Christmas Beetles”. December 2019.

[kaigonathus]

Characters and the enviroment that I created as a preliminary assigment for this one school. The bug is based on anoplognathus porosus and the plant creature on drosera rosulata. All done in Blender and Photoshop

EDIT changed the photos to higher quality ones

[green-algae]

A drawer full of Christmas beetles [genus Anoplognathus], members of the scarab family so named for their tendency to appear around Christmas time in their native Australia. Image by Cameron Richardson.

[onenicebugperday]

@w0nkkkk submitted: saved this christmas beetle from my pool yesterday and i think they might’ve pooped on me. enjoy this video of them cleaning :•)

CHUNKY. This is what peak performance looks like. I'm glad they were rescued :)

[m4cr0dutchblog-blog]

When I was growing up we would call these beetles “Christmas Beetles”, because they emerge around Christmas time. Christmas beetle is a name commonly applied to the Australian beetle genus Anoplognathus. House lights tend to attract them, which can disrupt mating behavior, so they have been on the decline in urban areas. It was a nice surprise to see this little champion, now that I have moved closer to the bush.