Bombardier beetle at Stromlo, ACT
Identification history
| Pheropsophus verticalis | 20 Aug 2018 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Pheropsophus verticalis | 20 Aug 2018 | RogerF | ||
| Unidentified | 19 Aug 2018 | SWishart |
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User's notes
Under a log near a dam
3 comments
RogerF
wrote:
21 Aug 2018
There are a number of videos showing the beetle blasting off its toxic spray
SWishart
wrote:
21 Aug 2018
Wow. Just watched a couple of videos and I'm glad I didn't know this when taking photos and that I obviously didn't get too close
Location information
- Coordinates 149.026222-35.357078
- Altitude 678.5m
- Maps Cooleman Ridge
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Aug 2018 02:45 PM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Carab beetles (Carabidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Pheropsophus verticalis Scientific name
- Bombardier beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 58m to 678.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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