Ptinus sp. (genus)
Ptinid beetle at City Renewal Authority Area
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| Ptinus sp. (genus) | KimberiRP | 5 May 2024 | |
| Dermestes sp. (genus) | Hejor1 | 5 May 2024 |
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I collected a cocoon early in the year and it had larvae feeding on it. I found it again and now there are beetles! Very small, reddish body, black head, antenna segments are all the same size. Larvae possibly https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4486146
3 comments
5 May 2024
Can you clean up the beetles with a sable paint brush and rephotograph if possible. Dermestids have clubbed antennae. Could be Ptinidae?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.134414-35.261797
- Altitude 577.8m
- Maps City Renewal Authority Area
- Places Braddon, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 5 May 2024 07:23 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
- feeding on moth pupa Associated animal
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- No Insect on a flower
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- Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Other beetles Hejor1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ptinus sp. (genus)
Species information
- Ptinus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Ptinid beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 633.6m Recorded at altitude
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