Golden stag beetle at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Lamprima aurata | 13 Mar 2023 | entom2 | ||
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | 1 Mar 2023 | MarkH | ||
| Melobasis propinqua | 1 Mar 2023 | RodDeb |
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User's notes
saw it fly in and land sorry unable to get a better pic as it was above.
last pic shows plant it was on
6 comments
MarkH
wrote:
1 Mar 2023
It’s definitely not Melobasis propinqua, the colours are wrong and the time of year is too late. It’s a Melobasis which is as good as you will get due to the photographs.
RodDeb
wrote:
1 Mar 2023
@MarkH thank you very much, sorry it was a guess as not too good on beetles.
entom2
wrote:
13 Mar 2023
It is a female of the stag beetle Lamprima aurata. Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm.
MarkH
wrote:
13 Mar 2023
I agree that’s a definite possibility Allen.
Reality is that it’s also possibly something else.
Probably better off calling it an unidentified beetle because there can be no certainty with this photo.
Reality is that it’s also possibly something else.
Probably better off calling it an unidentified beetle because there can be no certainty with this photo.
entom2
wrote:
13 Mar 2023
100% it is a female of Lamprima aurata, viewed from its left side. Trust me! Cheers, Allen.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.939606-35.325091
- Maps Cotter Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Feb 2023 02:39 PM Recorded on
- RodDeb Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Stag beetles (Lucanidae) RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Grevillea Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Lamprima aurata Scientific name
- Golden stag beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1098.93m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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