Unidentified Christmas beetle at Deakin, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 10 Jan 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus pallidicollis | 14 Jun 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Anoplognathus montanus | 14 Jun 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 17 Dec 2020 | AdventureGirl |
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1 comment
HaukeKoch
wrote:
10 Jan 2024
Looks more like A. porosus to me, but difficult to tell without a view of the pygidium.
Location information
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- AdventureGirl Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles AdventureGirl Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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
- Description
- Additional attributes