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Christmas beetle, aka Golden stag beetle
Lamprima aurata
-42.5978, 147.247
Field Notes
Description:
The Golden stag beetle (named for the color of the male and his large antennae) is most frequently called the Christmas beetle here in Australia, because it hatches out around Christmas time and because it is brightly colored like a Christmas decoration.
Habitat:
In this instance, dry sclerophyll bushland, but found in much of Australia.
Notes:
This ia a female, and the first I've seen of this bronze-ish color. Most females have a base color of green with orange iridescence and electric blue legs: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/3239002 Males are gold, with much larger antennae and mandibles: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/3263001
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