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Hairy Christmas Beetle

Anoplognathus velutinus

Description:

This hairy beetle is the same as one spotted earlier but the spots were very dark and well defined.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/123...

Habitat:

Spotted near the Dandenong Ranges National Park - same spot the other beetle was spotted two years ago.

Notes:

Occurrence record:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Family: Scarabaeidae Subfamily: Rutelinae

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Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Spotted on Nov 1, 2015
Submitted on Nov 3, 2015

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