Clerid beetle at Hughes, ACT
Identification history
| Eleale simplex | 17 Jan 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Eleale sp. (genus) | 10 Jan 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Jan 2021 | JackyF |
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User's notes
Clerid beetle. Near Eleale simplex sighting 4366351, but advised by Michael Mulvaney that this is not the same species.
2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
10 Jan 2021
I think it is E. simplex, although the white scutellum (the small round or triangular plate in the middle at the base of the elytra) of that species is not obvious. But the whole beetle seems to be covered in pollen, which might reduce the colour contrast. The structure matches E. simplex.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.102011-35.327567
- Altitude 646.5m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Jan 2021 01:20 PM Recorded on
- JackyF Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) Beetles (Coleoptera) JackyF Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Bursaria Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Eleale simplex Scientific name
- Clerid beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1659.41m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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