Selagis aurifera

3 Aurifera jewel beetle at Hughes, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.099704-35.327645
• Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
• Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 16 Dec 2024 10:10 AM Recorded on
• LisaH Recorded by

• Collections

  Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Bursaria - but the habit, leaves and flowers seemed different to the usual B. spinosa? Associated plant
• 25mm to 50mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health
• Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
• True Insect on a flower

Species information

• Selagis aurifera Scientific name
• Aurifera jewel beetle Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Rare or uncommon native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 819.92m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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