Brown button beetle at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Trachymela sp. (genus) | 19 Feb 2022 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Trachymela sp. (genus) | 20 Jan 2021 | kasiaaus |
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4 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
24 Jan 2021
Hi Kat, This is the third posting of Trachymela sp. for 11 January. If they were all seen on the same day, could you please combine them into one posting. Thanks
kasiaaus
wrote:
24 Jan 2021
Hi Alison, They were different individuals and probably different species. I have previously been asked to split postings that contained photos of more than one individual for that reason. Not sure what to do.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
24 Jan 2021
Hi Kat, I understand your confusion however, although they look different they are all Trachymela sp. as you correctly suggested for each. CNM doesn't identify this species any further than this level so in this instance it would be best to put them in one sighting but include the photo of each one citing the number as three.
Regards
Regards
kasiaaus
wrote:
24 Jan 2021
Hi Alison, before I do as you say let me try to convince you one last time to let me leave it as it is. I understand that CNM does not distinguish between the different Trachymela species at present but it might in the future, and we would lose information by combining them into one. The three Trachymela beetles were not together. They arrived separately and left separately and they looked quite different to each other. BTW. The time when I was asked to split a posting of moth photos, the two different individual moths were the same species but just different individuals. I don't want to be difficult. I hope you understand my point.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050153-35.208637
- Altitude 590.2m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 11 Jan 2021 10:30 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Trachymela sp. (genus) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
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
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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