Tricolor soldier beetle at Mongarlowe, NSW
Identification history
| Chauliognathus tricolor | 17 Feb 2023 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unverified | 17 Feb 2023 | LisaH |
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User's notes
I thought this was a plague soldier beetle, so didn't take too many photos. But now I think it was something else?
2 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
17 Feb 2023
Hi Lisa, It is a soldier beetle, but it is the tricolour species. Only the second record for this season.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
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Collections
LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chauliognathus tricolor Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Chauliognathus tricolor Scientific name
- Tricolor soldier beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1309.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Chauliognathus nobilitatus
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes