Scarab or Chafer beetle at Benandarah, NSW
Identification history
| Automolius sp. (genus) | 19 Sep 2025 | KimberiRP | ||
| Melolonthinae (subfamily) | 21 Aug 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 6 Jan 2025 | ajlandford |
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User's notes
Small groups of beetles in new leaf shoots
2 comments
HelenCross
wrote:
6 Jan 2025
Hi Julia, there's no image attached. Sometimes the image takes a while to load and if you hit enter before it has you lose the image (I've done it plenty of times!)
Location information
- Coordinates 150.277131-35.719578
- Altitude 34.0m
- Places Benandarah, NSW
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 6 Jan 2025 02:10 PM Recorded on
- ajlandford Recorded by
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ajlandford NatureMapr South Coast Automolius sp. (genus) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Eucalypt young leaves Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Mating Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Automolius sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Scarab or Chafer beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1153m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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