Chalcopteroides columbinus

Rainbow darkling beetle at Campbell, ACT

Chalcopteroides columbinus at Campbell, ACT - 7 Apr 2021
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Identification history

Chalcopteroides columbinus 11 Apr 2021 KimPullen
Unidentified 7 Apr 2021 NedJohnston

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2 comments

KimPullen wrote:
   11 Apr 2021
Ned, was this specimen dead by any chance? It looks like Chalcopteroides columbinus, but the colour looks dull, perhaps faded.
NedJohnston wrote:
   11 Apr 2021
I believe it was dead. It was unmoving on a tree trunk and I had suspected that that was the case but I wasn't certain.

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  • 7 Apr 2021 03:21 PM Recorded on
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