Castiarina livida
2 Jewel Beetle at Bungonia, NSW
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| Castiarina livida | MarkH | 19 Oct 2025 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 19 Oct 2025 |
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2 comments
19 Oct 2025
It’s a little hard to identify without seeing all of the pattern however it’s either Castiarina livida or Castiarina flavopicta.
I think livida is most likely from the date (flavopicta is usually later), colour (usually a greenish tinge to the background colour in flavopicta rather than blue), the flowers the beetle is on are normally associated with livida, and the part of the pattern that is visible is more likely to be livida.
I think livida is most likely from the date (flavopicta is usually later), colour (usually a greenish tinge to the background colour in flavopicta rather than blue), the flowers the beetle is on are normally associated with livida, and the part of the pattern that is visible is more likely to be livida.
4 Nov 2025
I concur with MarkH - this is Castiarina livida. In this photo it is amongst (this species likes to bury in arse up) the flowers of is both adult host plant (general knowledge amongst aussie buprestid enthusiasts but apparently unpublished) and a larval host plant (by myself and R. de Keyzer, unpub.), being Ozothamus diosmifolius. Adults do occur on other adult host plants, su h as Leptospermum spp., but most often occur on Ozothamus diosmifolius. Cheers, Allen.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.920141-34.841764
- Altitude 633.0m
- Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Bungonia, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Oct 2025 09:28 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- Sago bush Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- trevorpreston NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Castiarina livida Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Castiarina livida Scientific name
- Jewel Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1496.33m Recorded at altitude
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