Unidentified Christmas beetle at Avoca, QLD
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 13 Sep 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 27 Aug 2024 | HelenCross | ||
| Unidentified | 13 Jan 2024 | Gaylesp8 |
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User's notes
Believed to be a Christmas Beetle, found treading water in a wheelbarrow that had been out in the rain. Rare sight these days.
1 comment
HaukeKoch
wrote:
13 Sep 2024
Probably Anoplognathus boisduvalii, but it's best to take a picture from the rear (and underside) as well to make sure it's not an A. porosus that has very pronounced black markings on the elytra.
Location information
- Places Avoca, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Jan 2024 06:39 AM Recorded on
- Gaylesp8 Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Gaylesp8
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1277.7m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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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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