Hawker, ACT
Identification history
| Olesterus australis | 25 May 2026 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Olesterus australis | 25 May 2026 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Olesterus | 24 May 2026 | KimberiRP | ||
| Cleridae sp. (family) | 7 Dec 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Cleridae sp. (family) | 7 Dec 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 30 Nov 2025 | AlisonMilton |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
Not one I can find a match for though seen before.
3 comments
KimberiRP
wrote:
24 May 2026
Interesting. Looks like a Trogodendron, but I can't find a match for it.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
25 May 2026
@KimberiRP Kim, I think you could be right. https://www.lochmantransparencies.com/products/insect-beetles-coleoptera/cleridae-olesterus-australis-clerid-beetle/
Location information
- Coordinates 149.030692-35.246700
- Altitude 651.0m
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Nov 2025 02:30 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Olesterus australis Significant
Additional information
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Olesterus australis Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 651m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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