Chauliognathus lugubris
Plague Soldier Beetle at Cooma, NSW
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| Chauliognathus lugubris | MichaelMulvaney | 27 Mar 2023 | |
| Chauliognathus lugubris | mahargiani | 26 Mar 2023 |
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User's notes
about 15mm long. in my yard, believe they come from one of my gum trees. swarming/mating for the last week or so. so many that you cannot avoid walking on them.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.128816-36.214844
- Altitude 858.0m
- Places Cooma, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 26 Mar 2023 03:01 PM Recorded on
- mahargiani Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- mahargiani Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chauliognathus lugubris Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Chauliognathus lugubris Scientific name
- Plague Soldier Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1437.3m Recorded at altitude
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