Cowboy beetle at Garran, ACT
Identification history
| Chondropyga dorsalis | 10 Feb 2021 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Chondropyga dorsalis | 10 Feb 2021 | Tapirlord |
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User's notes
A male??
1 comment
KimPullen
wrote:
11 Feb 2021
I think a female, by the robust body. The best way to sex them is by the antennae - males have longer 'leaf' segments - but I can't see those in these shots.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.096164-35.339303
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Feb 2021 05:16 PM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Chondropyga dorsalis Scientific name
- Cowboy beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1285.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- 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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