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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AlisonMilton
wrote:
21 Feb 2026
Hi Chels82, thanks for your sighting. The photo is missing. Could you please readd. Thanks
Chondropyga dorsalis
LisaH
wrote:
20 Feb 2026
Thank you! Intriguing - sounds like the jury will be out for a while on this
Chondropyga olliffiana
entom2
wrote:
20 Feb 2026
I agree with KimberiRP - I am also having great difficulty separating the two aforementioned species!
Chondropyga olliffiana
Significant sightings
- Chlorobapta bestii at Oallen, NSW
- Paraschizognathus elgatus at Falls Creek, VIC
- Chondropyga olliffiana at Moruya, NSW
- 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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