Brown button beetle at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Trachymela sp. (genus) | 21 Feb 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 20 Dec 2020 | kasiaaus |
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2 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
20 Dec 2020
This looks like Trachymela sp. Brown button beetle but the head shape looks wrong.
KimPullen
wrote:
21 Feb 2021
Alison, I think the head looks different because the beetle has its 'neck' stretched out - it's in a hurry to go somewhere.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050235-35.208480
- Altitude 579.9m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 19 Nov 2020 09:33 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Trachymela sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Brown button beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1766m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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