Merry Beetle

Before scrolling down, I thought you were gonna say it was ash...

An Oz bug that doesn't bite? I didn't know such thing would exist...

Christmas beetles are gorgeous ^^ they're also rather smooth and pretty friendly generally speaking. Not too good at flying ^^; ... they kind of bumble around like they're drunk xD ..at least the ones i saw did that. They may actually have been drunk though >>;

I was expecting ash.

For some reason, the ad on the top of the page says it was paid for "by the trump make america great again committee" and I'm... a little confused. Humon, are you ok with that?

An insect that does NOT bite, sting or spit venom?
For Australians, that must indeed sound like a christmas wish come true.

"Australia... you gotta stop"

That wording... I'm now personally convinced the Australian board of tourism has a secret branch that focuses on genetic engineering new types of animal horror.

With all this talk of ash I am reminded of getting caught in the ash-fall when Mount Saint Helens erupted in May 1980. It was the weirdest thing. I was outside chopping wood when big black clouds started rolling over and it looked like it was going to rain. Except the "rain" wasn't wet! Scared us silly. It sorta looked like snow coming down, but there was lightning too. And it was pitch-black-dark at 10:00 in the morning.

We also get forest fires here and the ash from them is annoying, but not particularly frightening unless you live close to the fire.

If an animal doesn't bite or have some weird poison or disease, is it really Australian?

Welcome to Australia, nature's End Boss Level.