Rainbow darkling beetle at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Chalcopteroides columbinus | 25 Sep 2020 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Chalcopteroides columbinus | 25 Sep 2020 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) | 14 Sep 2020 | AlisonMilton |
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2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
25 Sep 2020
Alison, are these 2 images of the same beetle? I ask because they seem to be different species.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
25 Sep 2020
Hi Kim, I've checked and they are different beetles, just in the same area.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.024513-35.228845
- Altitude 585.4m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Sep 2020 10:39 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Chalcopteroides columbinus Scientific name
- Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 966.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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