Unidentified Christmas beetle at Bredbo, NSW
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 29 Dec 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 16 Dec 2025 | AlisonMilton |
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2 comments
HaukeKoch
wrote:
5 Jan 2026
The third picture is a pair of A. porosus, the other ones probably A. explanatus (=hirsutus)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.145600-35.952790
- Altitude 715.2m
- Places Bredbo, NSW
Sighting information
- 100 Abundance
- 12 Dec 2025 09:18 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1369m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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