Plague Soldier Beetle at Braidwood, NSW
Identification history
| Chauliognathus lugubris | 15 Jan 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Chauliognathus lugubris | 14 Jan 2025 | MatthewFrawley |
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Largest amount I have ever seen, the sky above my property was full of them, many thousands
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.792239-35.454727
- Altitude 677.0m
- Places Braidwood, NSW
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 14 Jan 2025 10:39 AM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Collections
72 Araluen Road MatthewFrawley NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Buddleja Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Chauliognathus lugubris Scientific name
- Plague Soldier Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1437.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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