Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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Find out more about Anoplognathus species Christmas Beetles on the Australian Museum website: https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/entomology/christmas-beetles/ or view all the Christmas Beetle records on NatueMapr in this Collection: https://naturemapr.org/collections/sightings/11178

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Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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KimberiRP wrote:
Yesterday
'African black beetle', Heteronychus arator.
Heteronychus arator
KimberiRP wrote:
18 Jun 2025
Yes, it's a Rhinoceros beetle (tribe Dynastini of family Scarabaeidae). Genus is either Xylotrupes or Haploscapanes.
Dynastinae (subfamily)
KimberiRP wrote:
17 Jun 2025
Adoryphorus coulonii (Scarabaeidae-Dynastinae)
Adoryphorus coulonii
KimberiRP wrote:
17 Jun 2025
Liparetrus sp.
Liparetrus sp. (genus)
KimberiRP wrote:
17 Jun 2025
Melolonthinae, can't say what genus but not Colpochila.
Melolonthinae (subfamily)

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