discovered that his yard was covered with millions of beetles

Experts warn that summer creates ideal humidity conditions for these animals to breed. But they are not found so often together in the quantities found in this Tasmanian yard.

The head of invertebrate zoology at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Simon Grove, told the Daily Mail that it is normal for these critters to hatch en masse, “but the number of individuals featured in the video is extraordinary “.