Saragus sp. (genus)
A False Wireworm at Higgins, ACT
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| Saragus sp. (genus) | AlisonMilton | 17 Sep 2021 |
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While digging over the compost bin. Never seen so many before. Perhaps I'll dig a few up again and try to raise to a beetle.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029333-35.238183
- Altitude 544.6m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 41 Abundance
- 12 Sep 2021 12:51 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Collections
- Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Saragus sp. (genus)
Species information
- Saragus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A False Wireworm Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1010.18m Recorded at altitude
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