Anoplognathus montanus
1 Montane Christmas beetle at Lower Borough, NSW
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| Anoplognathus montanus | HaukeKoch | 9 Jan 2025 | |
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | mcleana | 9 Jan 2025 |
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1 comment
9 Jan 2025
There are two species in the pictures, A. montanus male in the back, and A. hirsutus male in the front. Since you've got the A. montanus in a close up picture, I'll put that down here, but you could submit the A. hirsutus as a separate observation.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.729792-35.176057
- Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Lower Borough, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 7 Jan 2025 04:39 PM Recorded on
- mcleana Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Christmas Beetles 2024/25 season mcleana NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Anoplognathus montanus Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Anoplognathus montanus Scientific name
- Montane Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 802m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
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- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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