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Adelium pustulosum

Darkling beetle at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

Adelium pustulosum	2 Feb 2018	KimPullen
Adelium subdepressum	22 Aug 2016	KimPullen
Unidentified	11 Aug 2016	galah681

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RogerF wrote:

12 Aug 2016

Is a darkling beetle Tenebrionidae possibly Lepispilus see page 125 of my book.

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Location information

Species information

Adelium pustulosum Scientific name
Darkling beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

1 Abundance
18 Feb 2012 12:46 PM Recorded on
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