Green-tailed Christmas beetle at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 29 Nov 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 29 Nov 2025 | HelenCross |
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These are some of the beetles that ended up on the ground under our large Ribbon Gum last night. Last year if was the cockies eating them, this time it appears Grey-headed Flying-foxes were eating and dislodging them!
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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 2025/26 HelenCross NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Anoplognathus brunnipennis Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Eucalyptus viminalis Associated plant
- Grey-headed Flying-foxes Associated animal
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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
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Synonyms
Anoplognathus chloropyrus
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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