Propinqua jewel beetle at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Melobasis propinqua | 24 Nov 2018 | KimPullen | ||
| Melobasis propinqua | 10 Nov 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 3 Oct 2018 | MatthewFrawley |
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User's notes
Possibly the same as Stuart's sighting: https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sighting/3768886
1 comment
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
4 Oct 2018
Matthew, if you have some spare time there is a photo gallery for the jewel beetle family: https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/buprestidae-gallery
This gallery can be searched by genus, for example, Castiarina:
https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/castiarina-gallery
Stuart's is similar, but has a different texture to yours.
This gallery can be searched by genus, for example, Castiarina:
https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/castiarina-gallery
Stuart's is similar, but has a different texture to yours.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.065578-35.371925
- Maps Mount Taylor
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Oct 2018 01:54 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Dillwynia sp. Yetholme (P.C.Jobson 5080) NSW Herbarium Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Melobasis propinqua Scientific name
- Propinqua jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1473.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- 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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