Scarabaeidae (family)
Scarab beetle, curl grub at Hughes, ACT
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| Scarabaeidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 17 Mar 2019 | |
| Unverified | ruthkerruish | 19 Sep 2018 |
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Is it possible to identify which scarab beetle? These larvae remind us how important life in the soil is and how this drought must be affecting insects, fungi, bacteria etc.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.098398-35.339075
- Altitude 623.7m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 18 Sep 2018 11:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
- In the soil feeding on old grass roots in a eucalyptus area in severely affected compacted dry area! Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
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- ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Scarabaeidae (family) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Scarabaeidae (family) Scientific name
- Scarab beetle, curl grub Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1062.4m Recorded at altitude
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