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Anoplognathus pallidicollis
22mm long, glints of green iridescence (lost with flash)
On suburban pavement under strong lights at night.
Family Scarabaeidae - Subfamily Rutelinae. A classic Christmas beetle but not as colourful as some. http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Christma... http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Anoplognat...
Spotted on Dec 25, 2012
Submitted on Dec 27, 2012
9 Comments
Thanks Adarsha.
Amazing series Argy :) Loved it!
Thanks Queenslanders. I know they're common but it is Christmas after all.
Beautiful Argy :)
wow great detail in the head shot. nice colors in it.
Nice series Argy
Thanks Martin. I'm not running a tidy ship here. I remember correcting this for someone else and didn't fix my own :(
Consider this possible ID http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Christma...
Nice. I saw one that day too but it was in flight.