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White Christmas Beetle - Anoplognathus pallidicollis

FAMILY SCARABAEIDAE

This page contains information and pictures about White Christmas Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length 25mm 
 
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This Christmas Beetle was found in Karawatha Forest feeding on gum leaves. It was early December. This beetle looks like the A. porosus, but paler in colour and smaller dots pattern. 

Reference:
1. Anoplognathus pallidicollis (Christmas beetle) - ECOWATCH, CSIRO 

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Last updated: March 31, 2011.