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The Christmas beetle is as
to Australia as koalas and kangaroos. It is a colourful, shiny and
bug. Dr Latty told the BBC: "We have in Australia this
unique biological
where Christmas is associated with the arrival of
beautiful, glittery, friendly beetles." She said it was "absolutely
" to find out why there are so few around. Scientists suspect that their
numbers are due to habitat loss. In 2020, bushfires wiped out huge swathes of forest that were home to the beetles. Australia has the worst
of mammal extinction in the world. Scientists fear the Christmas beetle may also
die out. They asked people to send them
if they see the beetle.
