Castiarina octospilota

4 A Jewel Beetle at Acton, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.097468-35.281258
• Maps Black Mountain
• Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

• 5 Abundance
• 11 Dec 2021 04:39 PM Recorded on
• Harrisi Recorded by

• Collections

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

Additional information

• Leptospermum sp. Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Mixed Gender
• Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour

Species information

• Castiarina octospilota Scientific name
• A Jewel Beetle Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1235.62m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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