Unidentified Christmas beetle at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 13 Mar 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Anoplognathus explanatus | 4 Mar 2021 | KMcCue |
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User's notes
This one was dead but there were several others flying around
1 comment
KimPullen
wrote:
13 Mar 2021
Hard to know the species without being able to see some details such as the colour and hairiness of the end of the abdomen. Also, being dead it's a bit discoloured; the live colour can be helpful.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.084269-35.729431
- Altitude 770.0m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 3 Mar 2021 03:08 PM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles KMcCue Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm 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