![]() | Wedge-shaped Beetle Antennae | Red Scarab Beetle Dorsal | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
Family: | Scarab Beetle (Scarabaeidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus montanus) | ||||
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Thank you Ethan Beaver for helping with the id of this species for us 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. | |||||
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