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Christmas beetle numbers appear to be on the rebound.

Christmas beetles can still be found in Brisbane gardens. But can you tell them apart?

The Australian herald of the holiday season, the Christmas beetle, has returned. Look out for these species calling the south-east home.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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Going the full shepherd

And is Albo at breaking point?

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Ruminating on the rhythms of summer

Or should we be preparing for Cicadageddon?

Genetically modified mosquitoes are often tagged with a fluorescent gene for identification, as shown here in a separate CSIRO study into dengue-resistant mozzies.

The fluorescent red mozzies that could protect us from other blood-hungry biters

Floods and heatwaves are fanning a spike in mosquito-borne disease with one aggressive species threatening to invade Australia.

  • Angus Dalton
Merry Christmas to everyone except the mosquito terrorising me every night.

The single most annoying sound of summer

The arrival of pleasant weather brings with it a far more sinister reality: the annual war against mosquitoes.

  • Thomas Mitchell
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The colours you should avoid wearing if you’re a mosquito magnet

As mosquito season begins, we ask: why do the little blighters terrorise some and spare others? It could be down to your outfit.

  • Angus Dalton
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A cocktail of skin odours and carbon dioxide attract mosquitoes to their feasting grounds.
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A female mosquito feeding

A cocktail of skin odours and carbon dioxide attract mosquitoes to their feasting grounds.

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Feed your karma in the dairy section

While the Baa-Baas get vulgar.

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Gerbils in the ranks

Is the MAGA cap the new mortarboard?

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Ringing the road crew

Even though the reception was poor.

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