Heteronyx sp. (genus)
Scarab beetle at O'Connor, ACT
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| Heteronyx sp. (genus) | KimberiRP | 14 Jan 2025 | |
| Melolonthinae (subfamily) | KimPullen | 26 Jan 2021 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 25 Jan 2021 |
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The end of the leaf had been chewed. I am not sure whether the beetle was doing the chewing or whether it had simply reached the end of the leaf and stopped. There were two others on the same bush but the next ten or so Cassinnia sp bushes I checked had none.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.109710-35.260047
- Altitude 625.2m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2021 08:06 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- Cassinnia sp. Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- ConBoekel NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Heteronyx sp. (genus) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Heteronyx sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Scarab beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 785m Recorded at altitude
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