Christmas Beetle:

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Scarab Beetle (Scarabaeidae)

Species:

Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus montanus)

Thank you Ethan Beaver for helping with the identification of this species

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere
~30mm long. The green to purple reflections is diagnostic, as are the large hooks on the feet.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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