1 Green-tailed Christmas beetle at Stromlo, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 1 Feb 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 12 Jan 2020 | bookworm422 |
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User's notes
The trees were completely filled with beetles
1 comment
KimPullen
wrote:
24 Feb 2021
So nice to see that Chrissy beetles can still assemble a crowd! Haven't seen this for years.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.999489-35.326266
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2019 11:58 AM Recorded on
- bookworm422 Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles bookworm422 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus brunnipennis Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Large eucalypt Associated plant
- No other insects Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
Species information
- Anoplognathus brunnipennis Scientific name
- Green-tailed Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1031m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Anoplognathus chloropyrus
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