Unidentified Christmas beetle at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 6 May 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 24 Dec 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Anoplognathus montanus | 12 Dec 2019 | HelenCross |
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User's notes
They were all over this young Kurrajong, which is next to a street light, for about a week before they left the tree.
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KimPullen
wrote:
6 May 2021
In the first image, the beetle in the foreground is Anoplognathus montanus and the one in the left background is probably A. hirsutus. The mating pair in the 2nd image are also A. hirsutus, or possibly the closely related A. suturalis.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.040380-35.375335
- Altitude 659.9m
- Places Kambah, ACT Kambah, ACT Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 30 Abundance
- 5 Dec 2019 09:43 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Christmas beetles
Additional information
- A young Kurrajong tree Associated plant
- Possibly twice as many Anoplognathus chloropyrus Associated Insect
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1277.7m Recorded at altitude
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