Magazine article
4 creepy crawlies you’ll see more of this wet summer – and one iconic beetle you’ll probably miss
The Conversation, Vol.27 December 2022
2022
Appears in The Conversation
Abstract
For Australians, memories of childhood Christmas often include gifts, prawns and shooing uninvited buzzing guests away from the pavlova.
But have you ever wondered why the air is full of bugs some years and almost empty in others? Insect populations boom and bust frequently.
This year is our third successive La Niña, and a wet summer is forecast yet again for Australia’s east.
Wet, warm weather is ideal for many of the insects, spiders and slugs that share our homes and gardens. That means we’re likely to have a very buggy Christmas.
Details
- Title
- 4 creepy crawlies you’ll see more of this wet summer – and one iconic beetle you’ll probably miss
- Authors
- Erin Siostrom (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.27 December 2022
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.9cvs9avmg
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access; STEM in Education Research Theme
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99728398502621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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