Rudee comments on Christmas beetles

Christmas beetles (mander.xyz)

submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] Rudee@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You get these in southern Africa too, but our ones are just brown

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

In the Northern Territory of Australia they come in like a metalic green or purple.

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[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

In Canberra they're black overlaid with iridescent colours. They fly noisily when it's dark

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