2 A christmas beetle at Batemans Marine Park
Identification history
| Anoplognathus olivieri | 24 Dec 2023 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus pallidicollis | 23 Apr 2022 | Amata | ||
| Anoplognathus pallidicollis | 28 Jan 2022 | Tapirlord |
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User's notes
Amongst bracken, bengello state forest
1 comment
HaukeKoch
wrote:
24 Dec 2023
The very broad male clypeus is different in this species compared to the other species that have brown elytra with punctures. Its body shape is also broader than A. pallidicollis, there is a metallic sheen to the pronotum and the fore tibia are broader.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.154053-35.899925
- Altitude 15.2m
- Maps Batemans Marine Park Broulee Moruya Nature Observation Area
- Places Moruya, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Jan 2022 08:21 AM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles Insects Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Tapirlord
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Anoplognathus olivieri Scientific name
- A christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 22.94m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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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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