Green-tailed Christmas beetle at Lower Molonglo
Identification history
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 24 Dec 2023 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus porosus | 4 Dec 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Anoplognathus montanus | 30 Nov 2019 | SWishart |
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User's notes
I haven't seen them in these numbers for years and I'm not seeing similar masses elsewhere
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KimPullen
wrote:
3 Dec 2019
Agree Anoplognathus, but may not be A. montanus, which usually has a tuft of hairs attached to the end of the abdomen. Will investigate further. Good to see that Christmas beetles still exist in numbers somewhere!
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.961103-35.245075
- Altitude 442.7m
- Maps Molonglo River Reserve Lower Molonglo
- Places Strathnairn, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 27 Nov 2019 11:36 AM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles
Additional information
- Eucalyptus trees at this location and a different type of euc on the entry road to Uriarra East carpark. All the trees' upper leaves had been eaten as there were hundreds of beetles Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Anoplognathus brunnipennis Scientific name
- Green-tailed Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 710m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Anoplognathus chloropyrus
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