Melobasis purpurascens
2 A jewel beetle at Monash, ACT
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| Melobasis purpurascens | Harrisi | 20 Jan 2022 | |
| Unverified | debhart | 19 Jan 2022 |
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User's notes
Found on a small shrub at the front of my house. Type of jewel beetle?
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.099353-35.416795
- Places Monash, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Jan 2022 12:57 PM Recorded on
- debhart Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- debhart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Melobasis purpurascens Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Melobasis purpurascens Scientific name
- A jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 793m Recorded at altitude
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