Tenebrionidae (family)
Darkling beetle at Ainslie, ACT
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| Tenebrionidae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 10 Apr 2018 | |
| Tenebrionidae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 10 Apr 2018 | |
| Tenebrionidae (Family) false wireworm | RogerF | 9 Apr 2018 | |
| Pterohelaeus (genus) | jb2602 | 9 Apr 2018 |
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User's notes
Is it an Eastern False Wireworm? Pterohelaeus sp
4 comments
10 Apr 2018
There are a number of genera of false wireworms in the Tenebrionidae. Unless there are identifiable adults present with their larvae it is difficult to be sure of their identity
10 Apr 2018
Hi John. Thanks for your photos. I have downloaded the original photo no. 3, doctored it, and added it back, so it can to be used on the Species page.
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/21302
FYI, our system doesn't show the originals but edits them to a lower resolution. This is for the purpose of efficiency. In the process photos that are a non-standard shape (4x3) can be truncated on the longer ends. This is something to keep in mind when cropping you photos.
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/21302
FYI, our system doesn't show the originals but edits them to a lower resolution. This is for the purpose of efficiency. In the process photos that are a non-standard shape (4x3) can be truncated on the longer ends. This is something to keep in mind when cropping you photos.
10 Apr 2018
I was wondering about that Michael. They were cropped long to try and load up the best resolution, how do you add blank space to a photo?
10 Apr 2018
What I did was use cut and paste, the original no. 3 onto the visible no. 3. If you look carefully you can see this.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152107-35.259199
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 8 Apr 2018 11:07 AM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
Collections
- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tenebrionidae (family) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Tenebrionidae (family) Scientific name
- Darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1462.24m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information