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Anoplognathus pallidicollis
Shiny metallic golden beetle. Second in four days!
Clinging asleep to a waxy silver gum leaf. The second specimen is on the green leaf (pic 1 & 2)
This is the first true christmas beetle that I've seen this season. They are occasionally very common but there hasn't been a good crop for many years. It started asleep on the leaf and woke and flew off giving me time for these pics=)
Spotted on Jan 3, 2012
Submitted on Jan 3, 2012
8 Comments
Merry Christmas...
Happy Cristmas to you to Martinl,gorgeous series,congrats and thanks for sharing
Happy Christmas everyone
My second spotting in four days=)
Thanks for the comments. We Aussies love this beetle. The macro of the face is just the feature pic that I've cropped.
I love the fourth photo.
Really nice photos.
Great macros!