Mordellidae (family)
Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle at Hackett, ACT
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| Mordellidae (family) | AlisonMilton | 14 Oct 2024 | |
| Mordellidae (family) | abread111 | 13 Oct 2024 |
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User's notes
Many other pollinators sharing these flowers on the Olearia lirata Snowy Daisy Bush.
This sighting is for the 2 black beetles on each end of the group of 5 in the centre of the picture, those that do not have an obvious pintail. There could be more of them elsewhere in the daisy flower cluster.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.178441-35.247878
- Altitude 718.0m
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 13 Oct 2024 03:31 PM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
- Olearia lirata Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
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- abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Mordellidae (family) Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Mordellidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1613m Recorded at altitude
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