Greater St Johns Wort beetle at Garran, ACT
Identification history
| Chrysolina quadrigemina | 10 Aug 2016 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 9 Aug 2016 | roymcd |
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User's notes
Hundreds of them tucking into the St. John's Wort.
1 comment
RogerF
wrote:
10 Aug 2016
St Johns Wort beetle Chrysolina quadrigemina, introdused as a biological control agent.
Roy, many of the insects that you are postingcan be readily identified from my insect book available from the Botanic Gardens Bookshop.
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Roy, many of the insects that you are postingcan be readily identified from my insect book available from the Botanic Gardens Bookshop.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.116160-35.336840
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 100 Abundance
- 19 Oct 2015 04:49 PM Recorded on
- roymcd Recorded by
Species information
- Chrysolina quadrigemina Scientific name
- Greater St Johns Wort beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1025.94m Recorded at altitude
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