Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

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Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

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living wrote:
11 May 2025
Saragus sp. (Tenebrionidae)
Saragus sp. (genus)
TwoRivers wrote:
28 Apr 2025
See entry below

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/00f3ef93-57f0-4046-b99e-0afb1044d6d0
Ecnolagria grandis
AlisonMilton wrote:
21 Apr 2025
Thanks
Cyphaleus metallescens
TwoRivers wrote:
21 Apr 2025
ID by Kimberi Pullen_CSIRO Entymology (Ret.)
Cyphaleus metallescens
trevorpreston wrote:
18 Apr 2025
ID Kim Pullen Gonocephalum sp. (Tenebrionidae)
Unverified Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae)

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