#christmasbeetles

🪲 This #FungalFriday is for #fungi residing on #ChristmasBeetles.
🧫 Last Christmas, we gave our hearts to these sick Anoplognathus porosus beetles & cultured swabs.
🔬 The very next week, we saw interesting fungal cultures arising, which could be both #entomopathogenic & entomobeneficial! 😃
#MycoSky

Christmas Beetle Population Project

#Australians on bluesky...callout for #citizenscience participants willing to #count #christmasbeetles #science @sydneyuni.bsky.social www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-...

Found one of these guys today, completely forgot about Christmas beetles. They are so beautiful and such gentle little things ❤️

#christmasbeetles #australianwildlife #australia

People worry Christmas beetles are disappearing. We're gathering citizen data to see the full pictur... Each year insect scientists like us field questions from the press and public about Christmas beetle populations: where have they gone?

If you’re in Sydney, and you’re worried about the dwindling number of Christmas beetles, you can join the Christmas Beetle Count and report any sightings. This community science project helps researchers figure out which species might be at risk of extinction.

#ChristmasBeetles #Beetles #Sydney