1 Rainbow darkling beetle at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Chalcopteroides columbinus | 25 Sep 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) | 7 Apr 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Apr 2020 | trevorpreston |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Every time i see these or similar beetles it is in the morning and they are making their way up a gum tree.
5 comments
trevorpreston
wrote:
7 Apr 2020
Just on my walk to the shop this morning in Holt, sitting on a gum tree waiting to have his photo taken.
trevorpreston
wrote:
7 Apr 2020
I saw some on the trees that run parallel to the drain that runs from Goodwin St to the back of the school. It was about a month ago.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.010833-35.226944
- Altitude 614.0m
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Apr 2020 08:43 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
-
Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
Additional information
- Gum tree. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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
- Machine learning
- 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
- Additional attributes
