Unidentified Christmas beetle at Canberra Airport, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 11 Dec 2023 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 10 Dec 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Anoplognathus concolor | 8 Dec 2023 | FeralGhostbat |
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User's notes
First one I have seen in aboutt 4 years.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
10 Dec 2023
Thanks for the sighting a photo of the underside helps distinguish between the ten species we have recorded locally
HaukeKoch
wrote:
11 Dec 2023
It's not A. concolor as it lacks the mottled colouration of the elytra of that species. Could be A. hirsutus or A. suturalis or maybe A. montanus, but would need more pictures to distinguish. Best to get a shot of the upper and underside, plus a shot of the front and back to see the face and pygidium respectively.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.182358-35.300533
- Altitude 559.1m
- Places Canberra Airport, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Dec 2023 03:52 AM Recorded on
- FeralGhostbat Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) FeralGhostbat
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Unknown Gender
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- False Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1277.7m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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