2022 50c Christmas In Australia Limited Edition Impressions PNC

Depicted on the coin and minisheet, the Christmas Beetle is a distinctive Australian characteristic of the Christmas season. It is the common name of the beetle genus Anophlognathus, which is abundant around Christmas. These beetles of 20 to 30 millimetres in length are noisy and clumsy flyers. They typically have elytra (forewings) that are dark or light brown, or green. The genus has about 35 species of which the most commonly observed is Anophlognathus pallidicollis, the species that is usually thought of as Christmas Beetles.