Chalcopteroides spectabilis
Rainbow darkling beetle at Greenway, ACT
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| Chalcopteroides spectabilis | KimPullen | 25 Sep 2020 | |
| Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) | KimPullen | 22 Feb 2017 | |
| Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) | KimPullen | 22 Feb 2017 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 16 Feb 2017 |
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User's notes
Size - 13-14mm; on smooth barked eucalypt near Lake Tuggeranong.
2 comments
16 Feb 2017
Looks like a Rainbow Darkling Beetle (Chalcopteroides sp), but without the rainbow colours.
22 Feb 2017
Correct, Michael. It's the other (duller) of the two larger Rainbow DB species locally.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.071900-35.405974
- Altitude 570.0m
- Maps Lake Tuggeranong
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 7 Feb 2017 10:42 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chalcopteroides spectabilis Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Chalcopteroides spectabilis Scientific name
- Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 797.15m Recorded at altitude
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