2 Unidentified Christmas beetle at Penrose, NSW
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 4 hrs ago | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus viriditarsis | 5 Dec 2024 | Aussiegall |
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User's notes
Not much left of the beetle.
1 comment
HaukeKoch
wrote:
6 Dec 2024
I think could be either A. viriditarsis or A. montanus, a bit difficult to say with the abdomen missing.
Location information
- Maps Penrose Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Places Penrose, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Dec 2024 05:42 PM Recorded on
- Aussiegall Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas Beetles 2024/25 season Aussiegall NatureMapr Southern Highlands Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Was being eaten by ants Associated Insect
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Deceased Animal health
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
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- 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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