AUS ACT NSW ACT Government Connecting Nature, Connecting People :: Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council :: Australian Native Plants Society (ANPS) CBR Region :: Gearys Gap/Wamboin Landcare Group
Home Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)

Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli

Cotter River, ACT

Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli at Cotter River, ACT - 26 Jan 2023
Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli at Cotter River, ACT - 26 Jan 2023
Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli at Cotter River, ACT - 26 Jan 2023
Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli at Cotter River, ACT - 26 Jan 2023
Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli at Cotter River, ACT - 26 Jan 2023
Request use of media

Identification history

Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli 27 Jan 2023 Harrisi

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

Be the first to comment


Please Login or Register to comment.

Nearby sightings

Page 1 of 1 - image sightings only 23 0 22

Melobasis vittata (A Melobasis jewel beetle) at Cotter River, ACT - 26 Jan 2023 by Harrisi Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli at Cotter River, ACT - 10 Feb 2022 by Harrisi Callidemum hypochalceum (Hop-bush leaf beetle) at Cotter River, ACT - 10 Feb 2022 by Harrisi Gynatrix pulchella (Hemp Bush) at Cotter River, ACT - 8 Feb 2022 by JaneR Phragmites australis (Common Reed) at Cotter River, ACT - 8 Feb 2022 by JaneR Macquaria australasica (Macquarie Perch) at Cotter River, ACT - 31 Dec 2021 by tjwells Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow Trout) at Cotter River, ACT - 9 Mar 2021 by Ct1000 Litoria lesueuri (Lesueur's Tree-frog) at Cotter River, ACT - 9 Mar 2021 by Ct1000 Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Platypus) at Cotter River, ACT - 22 Feb 2021 by Ct1000 Austroargiolestes sp. (genus) (Flatwing) at Cotter River, ACT - 7 Feb 2021 by JohnBundock Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) at Cotter River, ACT - 7 Feb 2021 by JohnBundock Synlestes weyersii at Cotter River, ACT - 7 Feb 2021 by JohnBundock Synlestes weyersii at Cotter River, ACT - 7 Feb 2021 by JohnBundock Chrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Weevil) at Cotter River, ACT - 7 Feb 2021 by GirtsO Glossostigma elatinoides (Small Mud-mat) at Cotter River, ACT - 2 Mar 2019 by RWPurdie Grevillea lanigera (Woolly Grevillea) at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Aug 2017 by Jek
Melobasis vittata (A Melobasis jewel beetle) at Cotter River, ACT - 26 Jan 2023 by Harrisi
Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli at Cotter River, ACT - 10 Feb 2022 by Harrisi
Callidemum hypochalceum (Hop-bush leaf beetle) at Cotter River, ACT - 10 Feb 2022 by Harrisi
Gynatrix pulchella (Hemp Bush) at Cotter River, ACT - 8 Feb 2022 by JaneR
Phragmites australis (Common Reed) at Cotter River, ACT - 8 Feb 2022 by JaneR
Macquaria australasica (Macquarie Perch) at Cotter River, ACT - 31 Dec 2021 by tjwells
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow Trout) at Cotter River, ACT - 9 Mar 2021 by Ct1000
Litoria lesueuri (Lesueur's Tree-frog) at Cotter River, ACT - 9 Mar 2021 by Ct1000
Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Platypus) at Cotter River, ACT - 22 Feb 2021 by Ct1000
Austroargiolestes sp. (genus) (Flatwing) at Cotter River, ACT - 7 Feb 2021 by JohnBundock
Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter) at Cotter River, ACT - 7 Feb 2021 by JohnBundock
Synlestes weyersii at Cotter River, ACT - 7 Feb 2021 by JohnBundock
Synlestes weyersii at Cotter River, ACT - 7 Feb 2021 by JohnBundock
Chrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Weevil) at Cotter River, ACT - 7 Feb 2021 by GirtsO
Glossostigma elatinoides (Small Mud-mat) at Cotter River, ACT - 2 Mar 2019 by RWPurdie
Grevillea lanigera (Woolly Grevillea) at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Aug 2017 by Jek

Location information

Species information

  • Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 5 Abundance
  • 26 Jan 2023 09:08 PM Recorded on
  • Harrisi Recorded by

Additional information

  • Casuarina cunninghamiana Associated plant
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size
  • Mixed Gender
  • Alive / healthy Animal health

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Confirmed by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
2,074,484 sightings of 18,557 species in 4,991 locations from 10,248 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.