Montane Christmas beetle at Canberra Central, ACT
Identification history
| Anoplognathus montanus | 10 Aug 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Anoplognathus viridiaeneus | 8 Aug 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Aug 2021 | NedJohnston |
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User's notes
Appeared to have been decapitated
1 comment
KimPullen
wrote:
10 Aug 2021
This specimen is discoloured, probably because it's been dead for a while and out in the weather. Anoplognathus viridiaeneus does not occur in our region.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.096450-35.275847
- Altitude 773.5m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Canberra Central, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Aug 2021 10:47 AM Recorded on
- NedJohnston Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles Insects Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) NedJohnston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Anoplognathus montanus Scientific name
- Montane Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 802m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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