Dytiscidae (family)
Unidentified diving beetle at Harrison, ACT
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| Dytiscidae (family) | 23 Nov 2022 | KimberiRP | ||
| Unverified | 7 Nov 2022 | W |
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User's notes
Moving around on concrete, quite far from water bodies.
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KimberiRP
wrote:
23 Nov 2022
This is either Cybister tripunctatus or Onychohydrus scutellaris, the only two large Diving beetles recorded from the ACT. Separating them requires examination of a specimen .
Location information
- Coordinates 149.149189-35.203803
- Places Harrison, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 4 Nov 2022 09:04 PM Recorded on
- W Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- W Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dytiscidae (family) Water beetles (several families) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Dytiscidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified diving beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 685.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location