Phyllotocus macleayi

Nectar scarab at Kambah, ACT

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Phyllotocus macleayi 26 Nov 2024 AlisonMilton
Phyllotocus macleayi 26 Nov 2024 HelenCross

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Attracted to light along with many Sericesthis cockchafers

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RogerF wrote:
   27 Nov 2024
ABC local radio inundated with calls about the mass emergence of scarabs last night and what to do about them. Just turn off all lights did not occur to complainants.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   27 Nov 2024
@RogerF They are certainly hatching in the thousands at the moment. One of our dog meet-up group said they saw a huge ball of beetles, of at least three species, around a street lamp at Hawker one evening last week. The ball was about a metre in width.

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