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	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.
	Copyright © 2015-2022 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 17-Dec-2015
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.