Entomological Society of Queensland

supporting entomological research in Australia since 1923

The Society's emblem, chosen in 1973, on the 50th anniversary of the Society, is the King Stag Beetle, Phalacrognathus muelleri (Macleay), Family Lucanidae (Coleoptera). Its magnificent purple and green colouration makes it one of the most attractive beetle species in Australia. It is restricted to the rainforests of northern Queensland.

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Jack MACQUEEN (1900-1986)

Born in Brisbane. A keen naturalist whose interest in Lepidoptera was stimulated by association with family neighbour G.A.Waterhouse in Sydney and later by moth specialist A.J.Turner in Brisbane. Farmed near Milmerran from 1922 until retirement to Toowoomba in 1960. Studied Lepidoptera of the diverse but fast disappearing brigalow ecosystem and made many life history discoveries. Also interested in Buprestidae and published on behaviour. Collected often with J.F.R. Kerr from Brisbane and the two pioneered modern butterfly exploration of remote Iron Range during the first post-War visit in 1961. Jack's immaculate collection of 31,000 specimens was donated to ANIC, Canberra, in 1985. His son, Angus, studied entomology at UQ and worked for CSIRO on the dung beetle introduction programme.

Obituary: Common, I.F.B. (1986). News Bull. Ent.Soc.Qd. 14:123.