Chalcopteroides spectabilis

Rainbow darkling beetle at Greenway, ACT

Chalcopteroides spectabilis at Greenway, ACT - 7 Feb 2017
Chalcopteroides spectabilis at Greenway, ACT - 7 Feb 2017
Chalcopteroides spectabilis at Greenway, ACT - 7 Feb 2017
Chalcopteroides spectabilis at Greenway, ACT - 7 Feb 2017
Chalcopteroides spectabilis at Greenway, ACT - 7 Feb 2017
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Identification history

Chalcopteroides spectabilis 25 Sep 2020 KimPullen
Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) 22 Feb 2017 KimPullen
Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) 22 Feb 2017 KimPullen
Unidentified 16 Feb 2017 michaelb

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User's notes

Size - 13-14mm; on smooth barked eucalypt near Lake Tuggeranong.

2 comments

michaelb wrote:
   16 Feb 2017
Looks like a Rainbow Darkling Beetle (Chalcopteroides sp), but without the rainbow colours.
KimPullen wrote:
   22 Feb 2017
Correct, Michael. It's the other (duller) of the two larger Rainbow DB species locally.

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  • 7 Feb 2017 10:42 PM Recorded on
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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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