Ecnolagria grandis

Honeybrown beetle at Conder, ACT

Ecnolagria grandis at Conder, ACT - 12 Nov 2017
Ecnolagria grandis at Conder, ACT - 12 Nov 2017
Ecnolagria grandis at Conder, ACT - 12 Nov 2017
Ecnolagria grandis at Conder, ACT - 12 Nov 2017
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Identification history

Ecnolagria grandis 25 Nov 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Ecnolagria grandis 13 Nov 2017 RogerF
Unidentified 13 Nov 2017 michaelb

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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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  • 20 Abundance
  • 12 Nov 2017 07:29 PM Recorded on
  • michaelb Recorded by

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

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