Cowboy beetle at Florey, ACT
Identification history
| Chondropyga dorsalis | 14 Jan 2024 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unverified | 14 Jan 2024 | JohnSmith |
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Beetle crawled across open garden soil and then commenced to dig into the soil until it was no longer visible
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Location information
- Places Florey, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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JohnSmith Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chondropyga dorsalis Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- None Associated plant
- Nil Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Chondropyga dorsalis Scientific name
- Cowboy beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1285.9m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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