Melobasis obscurella
2 Obscurella jewel beetle at Yarralumla, ACT
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| Melobasis obscurella | Yesterday | MarkH | ||
| Melobasis obscurella | 31 Aug 2026 | Harrisi | ||
| Unverified | 31 Aug 2026 | Harrisi |
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2 comments
Harrisi
wrote:
31 Aug 2026
Yay, last day of winter, first buprestid i have encountered this season ! :)
AlisonMilton
wrote:
Yesterday
harrisi Stuart, Looking back on my records I found my first buprestid on 24 August last year. That was the ones along Belconnen Way, Hawker.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.089278-35.276083
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 31 Aug 2026 10:34 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
- Acacia sp. Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Harrisi NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Melobasis obscurella Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Melobasis obscurella Scientific name
- Obscurella jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 824.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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