Chrysolina quadrigemina

Greater St Johns Wort beetle at Garran, ACT

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Identification history

	Chrysolina quadrigemina	10 Aug 2016	MichaelBedingfield
	Unverified	9 Aug 2016	roymcd

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Hundreds of them tucking into the St. John's Wort.

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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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Sighting information

100 Abundance
19 Oct 2015 04:49 PM Recorded on
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Insects Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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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