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WendyEM
wrote:
5 hrs ago
Thank you for help ID, Lorenzo
Pterostichini (tribe)
Lorenzo
wrote:
14 hrs ago
I identified the larva in that website, wish I could have narrowed it beyond Staphylinine... anyways this one is a carabid
Pterostichini (tribe)
AlisonMilton
wrote:
28 Nov 2025
Hi Landimac, thanks for your sighting. The media you provided is missing. This can sometimes happen. Could you please add your photos again. Thanks.
Unverified Lady beetle (Coccinellidae)
HaukeKoch
wrote:
28 Nov 2025
See hairy pronotum. Now called A. explanatus.
Anoplognathus hirsutus
HaukeKoch
wrote:
28 Nov 2025
Male clypeus is contracted towards the apex, not broad as in A. olivieri. It ideally also helps to get a view of the rear end.
Anoplognathus porosus
Significant sightings
Scolecobrotus variegatus
at
Reid, ACT
Mordellistena (genus)
at
Campbell, ACT
Paropsis pantherina
at
Broke, NSW
Australoneda bourgeoisi
at
Nimbin, NSW
Aporocera rufescens
at
Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Araiorrhinus howittii
at
Melba, ACT
Atesta chiangi
at
Melba, ACT
Chlorobapta bestii
at
Oallen, NSW
Paraschizognathus elgatus
at
Falls Creek, VIC
Temognatha thoracica
at
Cook, ACT
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