Unidentified Christmas beetle at Bundaberg West, QLD
Identification history
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 14 Jan 2025 | HaukeKoch | ||
| Anoplognathus sp. (genus) | 13 Jan 2025 | HelenCross | ||
| Unverified | 12 Jan 2025 | Gaylesp8 |
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Various beetles found in this location, usually struggling on their backs, probably exhausted from flying about the building lights all night. This beetle was found not moving but at risk of being trodden on. It was just pretending to be deceased for some time but became lively when I took it downstairs and into the garden to release it.
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Location information
- Coordinates 152.331466-24.870985
- Places Bundaberg West, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Jan 2025 08:09 AM Recorded on
- Gaylesp8 Recorded by
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Collections
Christmas Beetles 2024/25 season Gaylesp8 NatureMapr Wide Bay Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Anoplognathus sp. (genus)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Injured / sick Animal health
Species information
- Anoplognathus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Christmas beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1369m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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