Unidentified flea beetle at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Alticini (tribe) | 26 Dec 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Altica corrusca | 22 Dec 2024 | abread111 | ||
| Alticini (tribe) | 22 Dec 2024 | abread111 | ||
| Buprestidae sp. (family) | 22 Dec 2024 | abread111 |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
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
MarkH
wrote:
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
-
Collections
abread111 Latest Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Juncus sp Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Alticini (tribe) Scientific name
- Unidentified flea beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1257.57m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
