Anoplognathus brunnipennis, commonly known as the brown- or golden-brown Christmas beetle, is a beetle of the family Scarabaeidae native to eastern Australia, being common in coastal Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, the Great Dividing Range and the Murray-Darling river basin.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Emerald Tip Beetle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Anoplognathus rhinastus
- Anoplognathus suturalis
- Anoplognathus explanatus
- Anoplognathus flavipennis
- Anoplognathus viriditarsis
- Anoplognathus olivieri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Anoplognathus
- Species
- Anoplognathus brunnipennis
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