Unidentified Christmas beetle at Wonboyn, NSW
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 23 Jun 2024 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Feb 2021 | wickedtatz |
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User's notes
30mm in length, 15mm wide, brown wings/body, iridescent green head, iridescent green "tail" with feathery attachment. Photo above does not accurately depict beetle.
1 comment
HaukeKoch
wrote:
23 Jun 2024
Likely A. viriditarsis given the location and description, but I can't make out enough from the picture.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.909640-37.250913
- Places Wonboyn, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 8 Feb 2021 11:45 AM Recorded on
- wickedtatz Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) wickedtatz South Coast NatureMapr
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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