1 Hirsute Christmas beetle at Braidwood, NSW
Identification history
| Anoplognathus hirsutus | 27 Nov 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus hirsutus | 26 Nov 2024 | MatthewFrawley |
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1 comment
HaukeKoch
wrote:
27 Nov 2024
Nice pictures. I find it hard to tell this species apart from A. suturalis, but the rounded elytral apices and setae at the posterior edge of the pronotum are well visible here.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.792139-35.454724
- Altitude 681.0m
- Places Braidwood, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Nov 2024 09:53 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Collections
72 Araluen Road Christmas Beetles 2024/25 season Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- 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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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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