1 Unidentified Christmas beetle at QPRC LGA
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 1 Jan 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Unverified | 31 Dec 2023 | arjay |
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3 comments
HaukeKoch
wrote:
1 Jan 2024
May be an A. montanus female, but a view of the underside would be good to distinguish from A. viriditarsis.
arjay
wrote:
1 Jan 2024
This is the only photo I have of this one. No idea why. Usually there are about 20 or so to choose from (none from the back needless to say). I might have been in 'film' camera mode (when really from a cost point of view I couldn't afford to take more than one). Or it may have done a vanishing trick (flown away).
HaukeKoch
wrote:
1 Jan 2024
No worries! Has happened to me regularly as well that they got away before I could take all the pictures I would have wanted.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- arjay Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles arjay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
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