Red and Blue Pollen Beetle at Pearce, ACT
Identification history
| Dicranolaius bellulus | 12 Mar 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Dicranolaius bellulus | 11 Mar 2025 | Shell |
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Quite a few of these were on the flowers gorging on the pollen.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.081291-35.366497
- Places Pearce, ACT
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- 11 Mar 2025 04:27 PM Recorded on
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Shell NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Dicranolaius bellulus
Additional information
- achillea and tansy Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Dicranolaius bellulus Scientific name
- Red and Blue Pollen Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1404.19m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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