Ecnolagria grandis
Honeybrown beetle at Conder, ACT
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| Ecnolagria grandis | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Nov 2017 | |
| Ecnolagria grandis | RogerF | 13 Nov 2017 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 13 Nov 2017 |
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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.
1 comment
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!
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
- On an ants nest Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
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- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ecnolagria grandis Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
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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