Chalcopteroides columbinus
Rainbow darkling beetle at Gungahlin, ACT
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| Chalcopteroides columbinus | MichaelMulvaney | 7 Dec 2025 | |
| Chalcopteroides columbinus | chriselidie | 30 Nov 2025 |
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User's notes
Saw at least four green-purple metallic beetles in these trees, but at least one of these seems a different species
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.138260-35.190886
- Maps Mulanggari Grasslands
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 28 Nov 2025 05:49 PM Recorded on
- chriselidie Recorded by
- Dead branch of Eucalyptus tree Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- chriselidie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Chalcopteroides columbinus Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Chalcopteroides columbinus Scientific name
- Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 966.1m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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