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

Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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HaukeKoch wrote:

Yesterday

It's lacking the characteristic colouration of A. concolor on the elytra. Likely A. porosus, but it's better to get a view of the rear showing the dorsal side of the pygidium as well to exclude A. boisduvalii and A. olivieri.

Anoplognathus sp. (genus)

LisaH wrote:

4 Feb 2025

Interesting - I'll look out for them in the bursaria. Are the adult channel-billed cuckoos still around? Because it seems like the fledgling has left, and I'm wondering if the parents have collected it and they're winging their way north . . .

Trichaulax philipsii

arjay wrote:

4 Feb 2025

Yeah there are more of these beetles in the area. Amazing looking thing. And there have been a pair of channel billed cuckoos all spring/summer. Usually there is only one.

Trichaulax philipsii

KimberiRP wrote:

26 Jan 2025

Anoplognathus pallidicollis or A. porosus.

Anoplognathus sp. (genus)

KimberiRP wrote:

25 Jan 2025

Onthophagus sp. near pentacanthus.

Onthophagus sp. near pentacanthus