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Eucalyptus chafer 20 mm Long found in coastal vegetation of eucalyptus trees and banksias  Emerald eucalyptus chafer,Xylonichus eucalypti Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Eucalyptus chafer

20 mm Long found in coastal vegetation of eucalyptus trees and banksias

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  1. Such a pretty chaffer! Posted 6 years ago

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Xylonichus piliger is a large green chafer beetle found in south-eastern Australia. Distinctive for it's rich green colouring and dense white ventral setae. Found in Tasmania and southern Victoria it is often confused with Anoplognathus prasinus a species occurring mostly north of central Victoria

Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Ernst
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By Ernst

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Uploaded Sep 23, 2018. Captured Sep 20, 2018 20:17.
  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/22.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO3200
  • 79mm