A jewel beetle at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Castiarina hilaris | 26 Dec 2024 | MarkH | ||
| Unverified | 26 Dec 2024 | LisaH |
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Apologies - only photo I could get before it flew away
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.100574-35.327834
- Maps Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Dec 2024 12:45 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
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Collections
LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Castiarina hilaris Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Castiarina hilaris Scientific name
- A jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 819.2m Recorded at altitude
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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