Dicranolaius bellulus
Red and Blue Pollen Beetle at Tennent, ACT
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| Dicranolaius bellulus | AlisonMilton | 22 Jan 2020 | |
| Dicranolaius bellulus | RodDeb | 22 Jan 2020 | |
| Dasytinae (subfamily) | RodDeb | 22 Jan 2020 |
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4 comments
23 Jan 2020
Sorry, not seeing a third beetle in these photos: only the red and blue pollen beetle and weevil.
23 Jan 2020
Thanks Alison not sure how that happened thought I put it in as the red and blue pollen beetle.
you sure that lump on the right isn't an insect :D
you sure that lump on the right isn't an insect :D
23 Jan 2020
if I cropped it to just the Red and Blue pollen beetle the pic quality would be terrible, pretty easy to pick which one is the red and blue pollen beetle. I just made a mistake and hit the wrong name with the first ID. Thanks again Alison.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.078222-35.528953
- Altitude 563.1m
- Maps Gigerline Nature Reserve
- Places Tennent, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2020 02:30 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
- Rhinotia Weevil Associated animal
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dicranolaius bellulus Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Dicranolaius bellulus Scientific name
- Red and Blue Pollen Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1404.19m Recorded at altitude
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