Jewel Beetle at Bungonia, NSW
Identification history
| Castiarina livida | 31 Dec 2024 | MarkH | ||
| Castiarina thomsoni | 23 Dec 2024 | AlisonMilton |
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6 comments
MarkH
wrote:
23 Dec 2024
It’s definitely not Castiarina thomsoni.
Looks closer to crenata I think.
Entom2 ?
Looks closer to crenata I think.
Entom2 ?
KorinneM
wrote:
23 Dec 2024
@MarkH should have it by the end of the week and might make it easier to identify. :-)
MarkH
wrote:
31 Dec 2024
Having now examined the specimen it is a full patterned Castiarina livida as suggested by KimberiRP
Location information
- Coordinates 150.007666-34.810336
- Altitude 686.9m
- Maps Bungonia State Conservation Area Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Bungonia, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2024 01:41 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Castiarina livida Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Castiarina livida Scientific name
- Jewel Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1496.33m Recorded at altitude
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