Green-tailed Christmas beetle at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 16 Dec 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 16 Dec 2025 | HelenCross |
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3 comments
HaukeKoch
wrote:
16 Dec 2025
Nice. The pair in the front of the first image is A. hirsutus/explanatus
Location information
- Coordinates 149.026248-35.384348
- Altitude 603.3m
- Maps Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T.
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 16 Dec 2025 09:18 AM Recorded on
- 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 blakelyi Associated plant
- 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
- 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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