Porosus Christmas beetle at Chapman, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus porosus | 2 Jan 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Anoplognathus porosus | 2 Jan 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus pallidicollis | 2 Jan 2024 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 2 Jan 2024 | SWishart |
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User's notes
Bird dropped it from a tree in front of me. First Christmas beetle I've seen this season
1 comment
HaukeKoch
wrote:
2 Jan 2024
It's A. porosus (see pattern of white setae on the pygidium. A. pallidicollis seems in general to be quite a lot rarer than A. porosus (though there are some genuine records).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.036612-35.359588
- Places Chapman, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2024 12:05 PM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
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Collections
SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Anoplognathus porosus Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Anoplognathus porosus Scientific name
- Porosus Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 816.39m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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