Nascio vetusta
1 A jewel beetle at Kambah, ACT
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| Nascio vetusta | AlisonMilton | 23 Dec 2020 | |
| Nascio vetusta | HelenCross | 23 Dec 2020 |
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User's notes
Sitting still on the stem, 17mm long
2 comments
24 Dec 2020
Well done to both Helen and Alison for great sightings, and also excellent photography of this bizarre yet beautiful beetle!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.026481-35.390484
- Altitude 585.9m
- Maps Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T.
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Dec 2020 12:12 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
- Eucalypt Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) HelenCross 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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Record quality
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6 / 7
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