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The Golden Shield

Frederick Parkhurst Dodd

Queensland Museum Network

Queensland Museum Network
Brisbane, Australia

The central disc of “The Golden Shield” case comprises 1350 specimens of Anoplognathus parvulus, one of the scarab beetles which became a minor pest of sugar cane in North Queensland. Children were once paid a bounty to catch and kill them.

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