2 Montane Christmas beetle at Undefined Area
Identification history
| Anoplognathus montanus | 3 Jan 2025 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus montanus | 4 Dec 2023 | KylieWaldon |
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After looking at leaf beetles for the last month or so, these seemed huge! I could hear the gnawing, so I looked up and saw these amazingly shaped and coloured 'Christmas Beetles'. Never seen anything like them before. They were about 2M up in a 2.5M gum sapling. Could only see three but could have been more. wow.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.875505-36.168700
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 3 Dec 2023 09:29 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas beetles KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Anoplognathus montanus Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- gum tree sapling Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Male Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Anoplognathus montanus Scientific name
- Montane Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 802m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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