Castiarina testacea
9 A eucalyptus bud mimic jewel beetle at Barton, ACT
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| Castiarina testacea | MichaelMulvaney | 4 Jan 2021 | |
| Castiarina testacea | natureguy | 4 Jan 2021 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
4 Jan 2021
This is the first record of this Jewel Beetle in the ACT region since a 1955 record from near Casuarina Sands . It is also one of the most easterly records for the species
User's notes
ID from Stuart Harris. He informed me that there is only one previous ACT record of this species, from 1955.
5 comments
4 Jan 2021
Well done again Luke. ID also from Allen Sundholm, one of Australia's leading jewel beetle experts. There is a similar species called Castiarina crockerea though C. testacea has far more pronounced ribbing on its elytra. To my knowledge this is also one of the most eastern records for this sp. according to ALA.
10 Jan 2021
Now featured in The Canberra Times: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7077544/teen-finds-rare-jewel-beetle-at-lbg-65-years-after-first-act-sighting/?cs=14225
12 Jan 2021
Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments, it a very nice surprise to find the Jewel Beetle and I didn't expect it to be so significant and have a newspaper article written about it! Good luck to everyone else and I'm sure you will find interesting things in your travels.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152210-35.303374
- Maps Lake Burley Griffin Central/East Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain
- Places Barton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2021 10:04 AM Recorded on
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- Bursaria spinosa Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
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- Significant Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) natureguy Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Castiarina testacea
Species information
- Castiarina testacea Scientific name
- A eucalyptus bud mimic jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
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