Helea ovata

Pie-dish beetle at Gungahlin, ACT

Helea ovata at Gungahlin, ACT - 21 Dec 2016 09:22 AM

Helea ovata at Gungahlin, ACT - 21 Dec 2016 09:22 AM

Helea ovata at Gungahlin, ACT - 21 Dec 2016 09:22 AM

Helea ovata at Gungahlin, ACT - 21 Dec 2016 09:22 AM

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Identification history

	Helea ovata	21 Dec 2016	KimPullen
	Helea ovata	21 Dec 2016	KimPullen
	Tenebrionidae (family)	21 Dec 2016	CedricBear

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KimPullen wrote:

22 Dec 2016

The red creatures clustered on its back appear to be mites; if so, they are probably phoretic (hitch-hikers) and not parasites.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.161925 -35.156855
Altitude 672.0m
Maps Mulligans Flat
Places Gungahlin, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
21 Dec 2016 09:22 AM Recorded on
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Insects Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) CedricBear Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Helea ovata Scientific name
Pie-dish beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 812.6m Recorded at altitude
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