Anoplognathus hirsutus

2 Hirsute Christmas beetle at Point Hut to Tharwa

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.067955-35.505638
• Altitude 517.1m
• Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
• Places Tharwa, ACT

Sighting information

• 16 - 100 Abundance
• 7 Jan 2017 07:51 PM Recorded on
• MichaelBedingfield Recorded by

• Collections

  Christmas beetles Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Eucalyptus sp Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
• Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

• Anoplognathus hirsutus Scientific name
• Hirsute Christmas beetle Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1159m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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