Aulacocyclus edentulus
Passalid beetle at Stromlo, ACT
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| Aulacocyclus edentulus | MichaelMulvaney | 17 Feb 2022 | |
| Aulacocyclus edentulus | Amata | 4 Feb 2022 | |
| Meneristes australis | AlisonMilton | 25 Jan 2022 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 24 Jan 2022 |
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User's notes
Beers about 20mm under log, they look the same as the black ones under the same log, see photo 5, and subsequent sighting.
1 comment
25 Jan 2022
The brown colour probably indicates this individual is teneral, i.e. recently transformed from the pupal stage. The cuticle will turn black as it hardens.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.013506-35.295962
- Altitude 671.7m
- Maps Piney Ridge Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
- Places Stromlo, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 24 Jan 2022 02:20 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Aulacocyclus edentulus Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Aulacocyclus edentulus Scientific name
- Passalid beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 906m Recorded at altitude
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