Melobasis purpurascens
A jewel beetle at Higgins, ACT
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| Melobasis purpurascens | KimPullen | 15 Jan 2019 | |
| Buprestidae sp | RogerF | 11 Jan 2019 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 11 Jan 2019 |
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7 comments
13 Jan 2019
That's a little ripper! doesn't look like a native plant it is on, were there any native plants nearby, in flower? Will try help with ID via Allen Sundholm.
14 Jan 2019
This was on the bean vine in my vegie garden. Never seen anything like it before. I do have native plants further up the yard near the back of my house.
16 Jan 2019
Stu and Alison - It's a Melobasis, and I'll call it M. purpurascens for now, although the taxonomy of this species and its relatives is confused and may change in the future.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029348-35.238182
- Altitude 636.2m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Jan 2019 08:08 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Bean vine Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Melobasis purpurascens Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Melobasis purpurascens Scientific name
- A jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 793m Recorded at altitude
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