Castiarina octospilota

A Jewel Beetle at Mongarlowe, NSW

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Location information

• Maps Mongarlowe River
• Places Mongarlowe, NSW

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• LisaH Recorded by

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  LisaH Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 25mm to 50mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health
• Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
• True Insect on a flower

Species information

• Castiarina octospilota Scientific name
• A Jewel Beetle Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1235.62m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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