Darkling beetle at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Homotrysis cisteloides | 2 Nov 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Homotrysis cisteloides | 2 Nov 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Nov 2020 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
There were four of these, two each on grass plants. I think the plants were Rytidosperma. In two cases the beetles crawled to the end of a leaf or seed head and flew off.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.109627-35.261008
- Altitude 629.8m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 2 Nov 2020 09:00 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Insects Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Homotrysis cisteloides Scientific name
- Darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1282.96m Recorded at altitude
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