Xmas beetles
It would be great to have an explanation of the life cycle of a Xmas beetle in the app
Great ID photos, pls update with improvements
Addition of an interactive map showing species endemic to locations would be useful. Also some information on the white curl grubs would be good & is it possible to identify them at this stage?
Great app
Great app my little one loves catching and looking at all sorts mini beasts especially Xmas beetles can not wait till they start coming out a great update would be to be able to take a picture through the app with your gps on to record the location of the sighting this would help collect numbers and distribution of species
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What a Xmas present
A great app! I just used it to ID the beetle in our trees. Great photos. The visual glossary is very helpful once I found it. Hope to see more ID apps of this quality in the future.
Response from developer
Thanks MeropsTS! The app has an interactive illustrated anatomical glossary available by tapping "MORE INFO" on the homescreen, and is hyperlinked to from anatomical terms in the species information.
Needs more beetles
No golden stag beetles, (Tasmanian Christmas beetles).
Response from developer
Thanks Rick. While golden stags do share their regional common name with Christmas beetles, they belong to the genus Lamprima which are taxonomically separate group to the true Chistmas beetles of the genus Anoplognathus and are not covered by the scope of this app. If you are looking for more information on golden stags, Australian Museum's head coleopterist (who lead this app) will be releasing a paper revising the genus of Lamprima in the coming weeks which will be available online through the journal Zootaxa.
