1 Green-tailed Christmas beetle at Undefined Area
Identification history
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 24 Dec 2023 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 5 Jan 2022 | RogerF | ||
| Anoplognathus brunnipennis | 5 Jan 2022 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Beetles around service station.
3 comments
trevorpreston
wrote:
6 Jan 2022
I'm guessing so, most of them were dead, this one almost so, but I'm pleased to see any sign of them at this point.
RogerF
wrote:
6 Jan 2022
The wet summer would have favoured emergence. But populations are still recovering from years of drought.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.636101-34.283052
- Places Pheasants Nest, NSW
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 5 Jan 2022 10:23 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles Featured trevorpreston Southern Highlands NatureMapr Anoplognathus brunnipennis Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Anoplognathus brunnipennis Scientific name
- Green-tailed Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1031m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Anoplognathus chloropyrus
Record quality
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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