Soft-winged flower beetle at Justice Robert Hope Reserve (JRH)
Identification history
| Dasytinae (subfamily) | 9 Dec 2023 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Dasytinae (subfamily) | 9 Dec 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Mordellidae (family) | 7 Dec 2023 | abread111 |
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User's notes
Estimate total length not more than 1.5 mm, observed as little black dots in Sighting 4526018, subsequently went back to site and saw tiny insects moving in the flowers, some flowers picked and one mounted in bluetack under microscope and c. 1 minute video taken. Insect has transparent wings, I saw it fly from the flower onto the microscope stage (but the flight is not in the video).
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.164898-35.234946
- Altitude 646.0m
- Maps Watson Woodlands
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 10 Nov 2023 12:51 PM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
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Insects Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Epilobium hirtigerum - see Sighting 4526018 Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Dasytinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Soft-winged flower beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2985.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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