Helea ovata
Pie-dish beetle at Stromlo, ACT
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| Helea ovata | KimPullen | 27 Sep 2020 | |
| Helea ovata | MichaelMulvaney | 26 Sep 2020 | |
| Unverified | HarveyPerkins | 26 Sep 2020 |
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User's notes
Dead under small rock - apparently prey to a redback spider.
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27 Sep 2020
This identification refers to the beetle with the knobbly elytra, and with projections on the front of the pronotum enclosing the head. The other beetle, with the head free, is a separate sighting; it is Celibe striatipennis.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.027423-35.359717
- Maps Cooleman Ridge
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Sep 2020 12:44 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Helea ovata Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Helea ovata Scientific name
- Pie-dish beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 812.6m Recorded at altitude
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