Ecnolagria grandis

Honeybrown beetle at Conder, ACT

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Identification history

Ecnolagria grandis	25 Nov 2017	MichaelMulvaney
Ecnolagria grandis	13 Nov 2017	RogerF
Unverified	13 Nov 2017	MichaelBedingfield

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Larvae of some sort, quite a few, all on two ants nests........ in Tuggeranong Hill Nature Reserve, in the woodland to the south-east of Eaglemont Retreat.

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RogerF wrote:

14 Nov 2017

The larvae of Ecnolagria are often attended by meat ants and seem to secret some chemical that stops the ants regarding them as food!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.115803 -35.463665
Altitude 676.6m
Maps Tuggeranong Hill
Places Conder, ACT

Sighting information

20 Abundance
12 Nov 2017 07:29 PM Recorded on
MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Insects Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

On an ants nest Associated plant
12mm to 25mm Animal size
Larvae Breeding behaviour

Species information

Ecnolagria grandis Scientific name
Honeybrown beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1658.4m Recorded at altitude
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