Ten-spot Jewel Beetle at Anembo, NSW
Identification history
| Castiarina octospilota | 30 Apr 2024 | entom2 | ||
| Castiarina decemmaculata | 20 Feb 2024 | MarkH | ||
| Castiarina decemmaculata | 20 Feb 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 8 Feb 2024 | JaneR |
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4 comments
Harrisi
wrote:
20 Feb 2024
Looks like C. octospilota to me, yellow forehead mark, blue legs, type of yellow....
MarkH
wrote:
20 Feb 2024
I thought that Stuart at first but compared my specimens and now think it’s more likely to be decemmaculata. Reasons for the ID are the yellow on the sides of the pronotum does not go up the sides towards the anterior (all of my octospilota do so) and the pattern matches. Reasons against are the yellower colour (rather than cream of decemmaculata) and bit bluish legs and it’s quite late.
But leant to decemmaculata because of pattern.
If we had a photo from straight above it would help significantly!
But leant to decemmaculata because of pattern.
If we had a photo from straight above it would help significantly!
JaneR
wrote:
20 Feb 2024
Sorry,
no photo from directly above. I have added the only other photo, but unfortunately it is more sideways, and not such a different angle from what's already loaded up.
no photo from directly above. I have added the only other photo, but unfortunately it is more sideways, and not such a different angle from what's already loaded up.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.425828-35.731217
- Altitude 894.4m
- Places Anembo, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Feb 2024 01:26 PM Recorded on
- JaneR Recorded by
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JaneR Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Castiarina decemmaculata Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Castiarina decemmaculata Scientific name
- Ten-spot Jewel Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 966.2m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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