Scarabaeidae (family)

Scarab beetle, curl grub at Hughes, ACT

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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

• Collections

  ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects

Additional information

• 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

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
• Machine learning
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