Any of a number of South African or Australian cicadas or beetles that are abundant or noticeable during the summer.
Example sentencesExamples
- There are 35 species of Christmas beetles right across Australia, but most prefer the moister east and south easterly areas, especially near the coast.
- They are both Coleopterans, one is a Christmas beetle and one is a Mealworm beetle.
- The life cycle of a Christmas beetle is from one to two years.
- The beetle pictured above is known as a Christmas beetle and would be familiar to many.
- I grew up in Melbourne in the 60s and 70s where Christmas beetles were iridescent.