Helea ovata
Pie-dish beetle at Red Hill, ACT
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| Helea ovata | MichaelMulvaney | 21 Jun 2017 | |
| Helea ovata | roymcd | 4 Jun 2017 |
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User's notes
Do these guys have a noxious flavour? I once saw a trapdoor spider grab one and then just as quickly release it and let it go.
2 comments
1 Jul 2017
Most Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) have glands in the rear end that discharge defensive chemicals. That probably explains why the spider had second thoughts.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.121007-35.336460
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Jan 2017 08:35 AM Recorded on
- roymcd Recorded by
Collections
- roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Helea ovata Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
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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