Christmas beetle

noun

1. any of various greenish-gold Australian scarab beetles of the genus Anoplognathus, which are common in summer

Example Sentences

The arrival of the clumsy Christmas beetle - a brightly coloured insect that sneaks into bed sheets, crashes into windows and swarms around streetlights in summer months.

From BBC

But the researchers hope to get clearer answers through the "Christmas beetle count project", led by Dr Latty.

From BBC

After the Australia's 2020 bushfires, scientists called on the public to head into fire-affected areas - where safe to do so - and upload pictures to the same app used for the Christmas beetle project.

From BBC

A small mouse impaled through the neck, stiff and dry, missing parts of its hind quarters, a large Christmas beetle, upside down with the thorn square through the middle and last, still twitching, its legs up and angry, barely impaled through its leaking abdomen, a mouse spider.

From The Guardian