A jewel beetle at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Melobasis purpurascens | 15 Jan 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Buprestidae sp | 11 Jan 2019 | RogerF | ||
| Unidentified | 11 Jan 2019 | AlisonMilton |
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7 comments
Harrisi
wrote:
13 Jan 2019
That's a little ripper! doesn't look like a native plant it is on, were there any native plants nearby, in flower? Will try help with ID via Allen Sundholm.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
14 Jan 2019
This was on the bean vine in my vegie garden. Never seen anything like it before. I do have native plants further up the yard near the back of my house.
KimPullen
wrote:
16 Jan 2019
Stu and Alison - It's a Melobasis, and I'll call it M. purpurascens for now, although the taxonomy of this species and its relatives is confused and may change in the future.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029348-35.238182
- Altitude 636.2m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Jan 2019 08:08 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
Additional information
- Bean vine Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Melobasis purpurascens Scientific name
- A jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 638.7m Recorded at altitude
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