An historic image of a Christmas Beetle (green carapace, red legs).
The best decorations are the wild kind: Australia's King Christmas Beetle (pictured here from the species' first scientific description, Donovan, 1805). #AussieXmasTree biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52221720 via
@biodivlibrary.bsky.social & #SmithsonianLibraries
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