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Christmas beetle
Anoplognathus pallidicollis
-37.7963, 145.281
Field Notes
Description:
Shiny metallic golden beetle.
Second in four days!
Habitat:
Clinging asleep to a waxy silver gum leaf.
The second specimen is on the green leaf (pic 1 & 2)
Notes:
This is the first true christmas beetle that I've seen this season. They are occasionally very common but there hasn't been a good crop for many years. It started asleep on the leaf and woke and flew off giving me time for these pics=)
Reference Links:
Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus pallidicollis)
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 3, 2012
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