Tuesday

December 18, 2018

The timely arrival of the Christmas beetle

8 comments:

  1. I haven't seen a Christmas beetle in years. Thanks for the reminder.

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  2. I guess they got their name for a good reason. Nice close up.

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  3. Oh I remember these flying into the house in their hundreds after rain .. we had no screens and the doors and windows wide open to beat the heat.

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  4. There is no hurry.
    Beautiful picture!
    Greeting

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  5. Interesting.I am interested in knowing why it is called a Christmas beetle.I have never heard of something like that before.

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    1. So called because these beetles are abundant around Christmas time.

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  6. Fantastic photograph.

    All the best Jan

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