3 Aurifera jewel beetle at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Selagis aurifera | 16 Dec 2024 | MarkH | ||
| Selagis aurifera | 16 Dec 2024 | LisaH |
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User's notes
Going out on a limb with my suggested ID - but the photos don't do the spectacular colouring of this beetle.
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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
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Collections
Latest sightings Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects LisaH
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 Pollinator Insect on 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
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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