Unidentified Christmas beetle at Emu Creek
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 1 Jan 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus pallidicollis | 31 Dec 2023 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 31 Dec 2023 | JohnGiacon |
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1 comment
HaukeKoch
wrote:
1 Jan 2024
More likely A. porosus. One can just about make out the line of white setae along the lower margin of the pygidium, with the pygidium being otherwise bare.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075119-35.248114
- Altitude 600.0m
- Maps Emu Creek Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2023 05:13 PM Recorded on
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Collections
Christmas beetles JohnGiacon Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Eucalypt Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm 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
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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