Beetle with lime green pattern flies in rain, page-6

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    I see OurABC is onto this - so most of what I have seen in my rain gauge over months would be the Argentinian scarab beetles

    Invasive Argentinian scarab beetles being mistaken for Christmas beetles 9Dec23
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-09/christmas-beetles-easily-mistaken-for-argentinian-scarab-pest/103206128

    to sum up the al least 3 species I have see - most common first -
    the Argentinian scarabs would be most common -
    then a species chestnut in colour with black marks - sort of incomplete fiddle pattern -
    then the rarer fiddle beetle with the lime green patterns
 
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