1 Green-tailed Christmas beetle at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 11 Dec 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 11 Dec 2024 | HelenCross | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 11 Dec 2024 | HelenCross |
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User's notes
Originally found 1 on our back verandah and duly uploaded the record, then noticed our little dog chasing things in the backyard. Upon investigation realised he was chasing beetles and they were dropping out of the tree above us, caused by a SC Cockatoo either eating them or playing. There were possibly around 100 or more in the tree.
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HelenCross
wrote:
12 Dec 2024
A number of cockies and ravens were feasting on them, on the ground and in the tree, this morning
Location information
- Maps Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T.
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas Beetles 2024/25 season Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects HelenCross Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Eucalyptus viminalis Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Mating Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Anoplognathus brunnipennis Scientific name
- Green-tailed Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1031m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Anoplognathus chloropyrus
Record quality
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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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