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:
5 Jan 2026
The third picture is a pair of A. porosus, the other ones probably A. explanatus (=hirsutus)
Anoplognathus sp. (genus)
AlisonMilton
wrote:
5 Jan 2026
Hi Azure, thanks for your sighting. The photo is missing. Could you please reload. Thanks
Unverified Scarab beetle (Scarabaeidae)
HelenCross
wrote:
3 Jan 2026
Thanks Michael, @KimberiRP do these images help?
Unverified Scarab beetle (Scarabaeidae)
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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