Scarabaeidae (family)
Scarab beetle, curl grub at Narrabundah, ACT
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| Scarabaeidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 29 Jul 2025 | |
| Scarabaeidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 11 Jun 2025 | |
| Cerambycidae (family) | donhe | 11 Jun 2025 | |
| Unverified | RobParnell | 10 Jun 2025 |
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4 comments
10 Jun 2025
@RobParnell : how did you find it : on the ground ? tunneling into wood : what type of tree?
Please can you rear it in captivity to get the adult moth for ID of the species?
Please can you rear it in captivity to get the adult moth for ID of the species?
10 Jun 2025
Sorry Don, the photo is nearly 2 months old. I think it came out of some wood I was chopping. I'll be sure to rear the next one I find. What should I feed it?
11 Jun 2025
In general : one feeds a larva on what it was feeding on when found, so if it was boring into wood, give it some bits of the same wood, i.e. from the same tree species.
In this case : the legs look wrong for a Lepidoptera larva.
I think it is a beetle larva. I have reared some of those too, and got interesting adult beetles, that are quite easy to identify, as are adult moths..
In this case : the legs look wrong for a Lepidoptera larva.
I think it is a beetle larva. I have reared some of those too, and got interesting adult beetles, that are quite easy to identify, as are adult moths..
Location information
- Coordinates 149.141626-35.331087
- Places Narrabundah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Apr 2025 04:29 PM Recorded on
- RobParnell Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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- RobParnell NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scarabaeidae (family) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Scarabaeidae (family) Scientific name
- Scarab beetle, curl grub Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1062.4m Recorded at altitude
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