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.
2 comments
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.040380-35.375335
- Altitude 659.9m
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 30 Abundance
- 5 Dec 2019 09:43 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles HelenCross Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- A young Kurrajong tree Associated plant
- Possibly twice as many Anoplognathus chloropyrus Associated animal
- 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 or negligible
- Up to 1369m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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