Melobasis obscurella

2 Obscurella jewel beetle at Downer, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.087882-35.277018
• Altitude 575.6m
• Maps Black Mountain
• Places Downer, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 22 Aug 2021 03:12 PM Recorded on
• CathB Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Acacia buxifolia Associated plant
• 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

• Melobasis obscurella Scientific name
• Obscurella jewel beetle Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 824.4m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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