Darkling beetle at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Homotrysis lugubris | 16 Dec 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Homotrysis sp. (genus) | 15 Dec 2025 | AlisonMilton |
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This beetle landed in the middle of the book I was reading out on my back deck. I gently closed the book on it till I could get my camera.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029529-35.238179
- Altitude 624.0m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2025 05:15 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Homotrysis lugubris Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Homotrysis lugubris Scientific name
- Darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 710m 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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