Brown button beetle at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Trachymela sp. (genus) | 1 Sep 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Trachymela sp. (genus) | 7 Aug 2020 | TimL | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Aug 2020 | TimL |
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User's notes
Measured at 5mm overall length and very active once disturbed by the camera. The closest match I can come up with is a Leaf Beetle, Trachymela sp. Thanks to michaelb for the beetle link.
2 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
7 Aug 2020
Hi Tim
If you have time, you could browse thru the lists of leaf beetles here:
https://sites.google.com/site/leafbeetlesofaustralia/
If you have time, you could browse thru the lists of leaf beetles here:
https://sites.google.com/site/leafbeetlesofaustralia/
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.104870-35.274113
- Altitude 649.4m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Aug 2020 12:12 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Trachymela sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Brown button beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1766m Recorded at altitude
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