Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
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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HaukeKoch
wrote:
28 Nov 2025
Male clypeus is contracted towards the apex, not broad as in A. olivieri. It ideally also helps to get a view of the rear end.
Anoplognathus porosus
HelenCross
wrote:
27 Nov 2025
Yes, I'd been seeing a few individual records from others but wasn't expecting to see so many!
Anoplognathus brunnipennis
MarkH
wrote:
9 Nov 2025
This is a small scarab beetle in the genus Diphucephala
Diphucephala sp. (genus)
Significant sightings
- Chlorobapta bestii at Oallen, NSW
- Paraschizognathus elgatus at Falls Creek, VIC
- Chondropyga olliffiana
- Chondropyga olliffiana at Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Anoplognathus porosus at Mount Ainslie
- Chlorobapta frontalis at Kambah, ACT
- Chlorobapta frontalis at Hawker, ACT
- Liparetrus discipennis at O'Connor, ACT
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