Dung beetle at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Onthophagus sp. (genus) | 14 Nov 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Onthophagus sp. (genus) | 14 Nov 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Onthophagus declivis | 9 May 2020 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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User's notes
I think I this is a Declivis Dung Beetle. It was tiny, about 1 cm long and was crawling in a pot plant. That is the stem of the flower in the background. Very soon after I took the photograph the beetle went back into the leaf litter in the pot and I lost sight of it.
2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
14 Nov 2020
O. declivis has a flattened, sloping disc-like area (most obvious in the male) on the front of the pronotum. It is also larger than the species in this sighting.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098112-35.333038
- Altitude 638.6m
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Apr 2020 01:47 PM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) BIrdsinCanberra
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Onthophagus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Dung beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 822.53m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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