Unidentified Christmas beetle at Long Beach, NSW
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 6 Jan 2025 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 2 Jan 2025 | RomanSoroka |
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2 comments
HaukeKoch
wrote:
2 Jan 2025
Likely A. viriditarsis. For most Christmas Beetles it's best to take pictures that show the underside and rear end including the dorsal side of the pygidium as well for identifying to species.
RomanSoroka
wrote:
2 Jan 2025
Thank you, Hauke, for the advice on how to photograph specimens to ensure identification is simplified.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.221794-35.704443
- Places Long Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2024 12:42 PM Recorded on
- RomanSoroka Recorded by
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Collections
RomanSoroka Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects South Coast NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- 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 1369m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Record quality
- 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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