Castiarina sexplagiata
Jewel beetle at O'Connor, ACT
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| Castiarina sexplagiata | KimPullen | 10 Jan 2017 | |
| Castiarina sexplagiata | RogerF | 6 Jan 2017 | |
| Castiarina (genus) | ibaird | 6 Jan 2017 | |
| Unverified | ibaird | 6 Jan 2017 |
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User's notes
On Kunzea ericoides at the forest/woodland edge.
2 comments
7 Jan 2017
Given the variability in published images (colour and pattern) of this species, is it its size and host plant that also helps identify it?
7 Jan 2017
One of the commonest local jb. Feeds on nectar from a variety of flowers, especially Leptospermums.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108437-35.256057
- Altitude 617.0m
- Maps Bruce Ridge
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2016 05:01 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- Kunzea ericoides (off Kunzea St. O'Connor!) Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Castiarina sexplagiata Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Castiarina sexplagiata Scientific name
- Jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1199.5m Recorded at altitude
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