Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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Find out more about Anoplognathus species Christmas Beetles on the Australian Museum website: https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/entomology/christmas-beetles/ or view all the Christmas Beetle records on NatueMapr in this Collection: https://naturemapr.org/collections/sightings/11178

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Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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KimberiRP wrote:
3 Mar 2025
Possibly genus Scitala.
Melolonthinae (subfamily)
KimberiRP wrote:
3 Mar 2025
Possibly genus Sericesthis.
Unidentified Scarab beetle (Scarabaeidae)
DiBickers wrote:
2 Mar 2025
@MatthewFrawley gosh these are stunning photos!! I really hope you get to species level with them🧡
Anoplognathus suturalis
HaukeKoch wrote:
26 Feb 2025
White setae on head, pronotum and pygidium. Some setae at the posterior corners of the pronotum and rounded apices of the elytra with re-entrant angle to distinguish from A. suturalis.
Anoplognathus hirsutus
HaukeKoch wrote:
23 Feb 2025
Distinguished from A. montanus by the lack of continuous bands of white setae across the abdominal sternites, the broad and long anal tuft of orange hair, and the more concave sides of the male clypeus.
Anoplognathus viriditarsis

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