Alticini (tribe)
Unidentified flea beetle at Watson, ACT
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| Arsipoda chrysis | abread111 | 23 Nov 2025 | |
| Alticini (tribe) | MichaelMulvaney | 26 Dec 2024 | |
| Altica corrusca | abread111 | 22 Dec 2024 | |
| Alticini (tribe) | abread111 | 22 Dec 2024 | |
| Buprestidae sp. (family) | abread111 | 22 Dec 2024 |
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User's notes
shiny blue, it jumps like a flea beetle, and in an added photo, the large rear legs are visible, although the colour is not correct in this image, taken under a small microscope. Colour in the morning light was blue as in Altica corrusca sightings, but in the afternoon looked more greenish.
1 comment
22 Dec 2024
Definitely not a jewel beetle.
Maybe Chrysomelid or Tenebrionid.
Unfortunately the photo isn’t good enough to tell
Maybe Chrysomelid or Tenebrionid.
Unfortunately the photo isn’t good enough to tell
Location information
- Coordinates 149.150707-35.238621
- Altitude 602.0m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2024 07:40 AM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
- Juncus sp Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- abread111 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Alticini (tribe) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Alticini (tribe) Scientific name
- Unidentified flea beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1599m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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