2 Obscurella jewel beetle at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Melobasis obscurella | 24 Aug 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Melobasis obscurella | 22 Aug 2021 | CathB |
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If this is the same species, it's almost 2 weeks earlier than I saw it last year. There are many more of these acacias in flower now than there were then.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.087882-35.277018
- Altitude 575.6m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Aug 2021 03:12 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Acacia buxifolia Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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
- Machine learning
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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