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Christmas beetle

Anoplognathus sp.

Photo by Asterope
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-28.1969, 153.187

Field Notes

Description:

Christmas beetle - possibly A. boisduvalli.

Habitat:

Rainforest

Notes:

very common beetles - abundant in during hot weather hence "christmas beetle" as they are at their most abundant around christmas

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Entomologica of Queensland
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2011

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