1 Raspberry jewel beetle at Molonglo Valley, ACT
Identification history
| Aaaaba fossicollis | 26 Dec 2021 | Amata | ||
| Aaaaba fossicollis | 26 Dec 2021 | CathB |
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User's notes
Dozens of these beetles. I stopped counting after 20, and that was only on one edge of a large raspberry patch. The leaves were full of small holes, possibly where the beetles had been feeding.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.077692-35.272010
- Altitude 582.4m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 25 Dec 2021 07:10 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Rubus parvifolius Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Aaaaba fossicollis Scientific name
- Raspberry jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 721m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Alcinous fossicollis
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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