Pterohelaeus piceus
Pie-dish beetle at Higgins, ACT
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| Pterohelaeus piceus | AlisonMilton | 5 Jan 2026 | |
| Pterohelaeus piceus | KimPullen | 10 May 2019 | |
| Pterohelaeus (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 15 Mar 2019 | |
| Pterohelaeus (genus) | AlisonMilton | 29 Jan 2019 |
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User's notes
Moved some shade cloth and disturbed about 30 of these beetles, plus a few cockroaches and other beetles that didn't photograph well as they were constantly moving to get back into shade.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029503-35.238107
- Altitude 616.4m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 30 Abundance
- 1 Jan 2019 10:00 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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- AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Pterohelaeus piceus Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Pterohelaeus piceus Scientific name
- Pie-dish beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 798.57m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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