Dung beetle at Duffy, ACT
Identification history
| Onthophagus binodis | 12 Jul 2025 | KimberiRP | ||
| Scarabaeidae (family) | 26 Apr 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 26 Apr 2025 | debhart |
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A type of dung beetle?
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KimberiRP
wrote:
12 Jul 2025
One of the deliberately introduced dung beetles; this one is native to South Africa.
Location information
- Places Duffy, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- debhart Recorded by
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debhart NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Onthophagus binodis Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- cow dung Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Onthophagus binodis Scientific name
- Dung beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 788.93m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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