Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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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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Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:
21 Aug 2025
Looks like it may be Heteronyx dimidiata
Melolonthinae (subfamily)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
20 Aug 2025
Thanks for your care a lovely beetle that emerges in summer to mate. Not sure about numbers now and in the past but Christmas beetles, other summer emergent scarabs are also thought to be seriously down in numbers
Xylotrupes australicus
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
18 Aug 2025
Metanastes?
Dynastinae (subfamily)
KimberiRP wrote:
12 Jul 2025
One of the deliberately introduced dung beetles; this one is native to South Africa.
Onthophagus binodis
LisaH wrote:
25 Jun 2025
Thank you for following this up, and sharing your research.
Chondropyga olliffiana

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Liparetrus discipennis at Hall, ACT

Liparetrus discipennis at Hall, ACT

Onthophagus sp. (genus) at Weetangera, ACT

Onthophagus sp. (genus) at Weetangera, ACT

Onthophagus sp. (genus) at Russell, ACT

Chondropyga dorsalis at Franklin, ACT

Adoryphorus coulonii at Hackett, ACT

Onthophagus sp. (genus) at Russell, ACT

Scarabaeinae (subfamily) at Hackett, ACT

Dasygnathus sp. (genus)

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