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There is a
group of creatures that is
with Christmas - donkeys, reindeer, turkeys and robins. The image of a beetle does not spring to
when thinking of the festive season. However, there is actually a Christmas beetle, but this Christmas it has gone
. Australia's Christmas beetle used to be an
that the holiday season was on its
in the land down under. Its numbers have declined
. Dr Tanya Latty, an
from the University of Sydney, said: "Everybody over the age of 35 remembers there being
numbers of Christmas beetles when they were kids, but that just doesn't seem to happen
more."
