Chalcopteroides columbinus
Rainbow darkling beetle at Campbell, ACT
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| Chalcopteroides columbinus | KimPullen | 11 Apr 2021 | |
| Unverified | NedJohnston | 7 Apr 2021 |
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2 comments
11 Apr 2021
Ned, was this specimen dead by any chance? It looks like Chalcopteroides columbinus, but the colour looks dull, perhaps faded.
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.151794-35.279511
- Altitude 607.1m
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Campbell, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Apr 2021 03:21 PM Recorded on
- NedJohnston Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- NedJohnston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chalcopteroides columbinus Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Chalcopteroides columbinus Scientific name
- Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 966.1m Recorded at altitude
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