Cockchafer at Parkes, ACT
Identification history
| Melolonthinae sp. (subfamily) | 24 Feb 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Anoplognathus pallidicollis | 17 Jan 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Anoplognathus porosus | 14 Jan 2020 | JanetRussell |
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2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
25 Feb 2020
Cockchafers are mostly impossible to identify without having a specimen to examine. The pale elytra on this one suggest its exoskeleton has not properly hardened up yet - it may have just emerged from the soil.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.136846-35.287686
- Altitude 578.0m
- Maps City Renewal Authority Area
- Places Parkes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Dec 2019 08:13 AM Recorded on
- JanetRussell Recorded by
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Melolonthinae sp. (subfamily) Scientific name
- Cockchafer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1454m Recorded at altitude
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