3 Obscurella jewel beetle at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Melobasis obscurella | 13 Sep 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Melobasis obscurella | 12 Sep 2021 | Harrisi |
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3 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
13 Sep 2021
Only one vein visible on wattle leaf so Acacia cultriformis (a weed) rather than the local Acacia pravissima where two veins are visible on the leaf.
Harrisi
wrote:
13 Sep 2021
Great info Michael, I had considered A. cultriformis and found them hard to separate. Should I destroy this plant next time I visit area ( after moving on any resident jewel beetles)?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.087684-35.276516
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 11 Sep 2021 06:58 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Harrisi Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Acacia pravissima 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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