Rainbow darkling beetle at Gungahlin, ACT
Identification history
| Chalcopteroides spectabilis | 11 Dec 2025 | KimberiRP | ||
| Unverified | 11 Dec 2025 | chriselidie |
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Sitting in a patch of tree resin
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.140458-35.191239
- Maps Mulanggari Grasslands
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2025 07:23 PM Recorded on
- chriselidie Recorded by
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chriselidie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Chalcopteroides spectabilis Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Eucalyptus bark Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Chalcopteroides spectabilis Scientific name
- Rainbow darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 797.15m Recorded at altitude
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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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