Pie-dish beetle at Symonston, ACT
Identification history
| Pterohelaeus guerini | 16 Jul 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Pterohelaeus sp. (genus) | 25 Aug 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 25 Aug 2019 | Christine |
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User's notes
Location is approximate. A purple beetle?
1 comment
KimPullen
wrote:
26 Aug 2019
These beetles have a whitish waxy secretion on the surface of the black exoskeleton. I suppose the purple colour comes from the way light is reflected from it. The secretion tends to wear off during the adult life of the beetle.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.145886-35.355195
- Maps Callum Brae
- Places Symonston, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Aug 2019 11:21 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Pterohelaeus guerini Scientific name
- Pie-dish beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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