Anoplognathus montanus

Montane Christmas beetle at Tuggeranong, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.074807-35.443967
• Altitude 560.0m
• Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
• Places Tuggeranong, ACT

Sighting information

• At least 1 Abundance
• 3 Jan 2017 12:33 AM Recorded on
• MichaelBedingfield Recorded by

• Collections

  Christmas beetles Insects Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Male Gender

Species information

• Anoplognathus montanus Scientific name
• Montane Christmas beetle Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 802m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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