Greater St Johns Wort beetle at Mount Mugga Mugga
Identification history
| Chrysolina quadrigemina | 9 Nov 2023 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Chrysolina quadrigemina | 8 Nov 2023 | KumikoCallaway |
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User's notes
The area is a field of Hypericum perforatum. There were many of them.
2 comments
Mike
wrote:
8 Nov 2023
These beetles were introduced for biological control. They have a lot of St John's wort to get rid of{
KumikoCallaway
wrote:
8 Nov 2023
Thank you, Mike. Do they eat only St John's wort flowers, not other flowers including native ones?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.135704-35.346307
- Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
- Places Symonston, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 8 Nov 2023 07:33 AM Recorded on
- KumikoCallaway Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) KumikoCallaway
Additional information
- Hypericum perforatum Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Chrysolina quadrigemina Scientific name
- Greater St Johns Wort beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1025.94m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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