Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
Find out more about Anoplognathus species Christmas Beetles on the Australian Museum website: https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/entomology/christmas-beetles/ or view all the Christmas Beetle records on NatueMapr in this Collection: https://naturemapr.org/collections/sightings/11178
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
10 hrs ago
Nice one Kylies Mum - not to many records of this genus
Xylonichus sp. (genus)
LukeHush
wrote:
18 Sep 2025
Nice work Helen! I'll definitely be on the lookout for dung beetles this year! I've recently created a new collection called "ACT Dung Beetles" which I'm hoping to fill with good records such as this one!
Onthophagus australis
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
20 Aug 2025
Thanks for your care a lovely beetle that emerges in summer to mate. Not sure about numbers now and in the past but Christmas beetles, other summer emergent scarabs are also thought to be seriously down in numbers
Xylotrupes australicus
Significant sightings
- Chlorobapta bestii at Oallen, NSW
- Paraschizognathus elgatus at Falls Creek, VIC
- Chondropyga olliffiana
- Chondropyga olliffiana at Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Anoplognathus porosus at Mount Ainslie
- Chlorobapta frontalis at Kambah, ACT
- Chlorobapta frontalis at Hawker, ACT
- Liparetrus discipennis at O'Connor, ACT
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