Plague Soldier Beetle at Nicholls, ACT
Identification history
| Chauliognathus lugubris | 3 Dec 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Leptocoris tagalicus | 29 Nov 2023 | Liberalfaye |
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User's notes
They are in and around our complex, which is called The Gardens. It is private property, but it is permissible to walk through.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
3 Dec 2023
This is basically a beetle orgy - the Australian Museum site claims that "Scientists found that in one such infestation 92% of the animals were copulating." they also swarm on flowering nectar producing trees
Liberalfaye
wrote:
4 Dec 2023
That could well be the case, although I did not witness copulation per se. I have a large yellow box directly beside and above the agapanthus depicted above. Thank you!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.093867-35.184405
- Altitude 641.3m
- Places Nicholls, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 29 Nov 2023 05:40 PM Recorded on
- Liberalfaye Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Other beetles
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Chauliognathus lugubris Scientific name
- Plague Soldier Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1387.81m Recorded at altitude
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