Comb-clawed beetle at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Neocistela ovalis | 10 May 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Homotrysis lugubris | 27 Oct 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Oct 2019 | Marthijn |
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Close to 5 mm. Only insect interested in the flowering May Bush, which is ignored by bees and hoverflies. The most similar beetle I could find browsing through the CNM beetles was Homotrysis lugubris, but these were active in the middle of the day.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.065399-35.377195
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 21 Oct 2019 01:02 PM Recorded on
- Marthijn Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Marthijn
Additional information
- May Bush. Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Neocistela ovalis Scientific name
- Comb-clawed beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 685.7m Recorded at altitude
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