Nascio vetusta
2 A jewel beetle at Scullin, ACT
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| Nascio vetusta | MichaelMulvaney | 23 Dec 2020 | |
| Nascio vetusta | AlisonMilton | 19 Dec 2020 |
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3 comments
23 Dec 2020
Great sighting Alison! I agree with this record though for some reason cannot confirm it here as a moderator? Good that you observed size of beetle as they are quite large for buprestids. I sighted many of this species today at ANIC. Looks like it is on peeled back bark from a eucalypt? Was it just 'sitting' there or was any other behaviour noticed?
23 Dec 2020
Hi Stuart, It was under bark. I pulled it back just enough to photograph. It didn't move so no other behaviour observed. I finally found one you haven't found. :-)
26 Dec 2020
There are still over 1000 species of jewel beetle in Australia "that I haven't found" Alison, so your chances in finding more are very good; best of luck (skill) with it....
Location information
- Coordinates 149.028618-35.241177
- Altitude 590.9m
- Places Scullin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Dec 2020 08:52 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Nascio vetusta
Species information
- Nascio vetusta Scientific name
- A jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 590.9m Recorded at altitude
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