Anoplognathus viriditarsis

1 Green-footed Christmas beetle at suppressed

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Identification history

	Anoplognathus viriditarsis	1 May 2025	HaukeKoch
	Anoplognathus sp. (genus)	28 Apr 2025	MazzV

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A moderately large Christmas beetle, gold on top, rich red legs and underside, with some black at the rear underside. The entire body is washed with a light green metallic sheen. The underside has lots of white hairs, and the rear end had a tuft of stiff-looking hairs emanating from it. Some 30-40 years ago these were commonplace, but almost rarely since. In very recent recent years (3-5) I’m starting to see more, though still low numbers, say 1-3 each Summer.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
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Christmas Beetles 2024/25 season MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Anoplognathus viriditarsis Scientific name
Green-footed Christmas beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 706m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania