Melobasis obscurella

Obscurella jewel beetle at Cook, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.061325-35.264697
• Maps Mount Painter
• Places Cook, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 31 Aug 2023 03:24 PM Recorded on
• KorinneM Recorded by

• Collections

  Winter Pollinator Research Project Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) KorinneM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Acacia rubida, sighting 4506953. Associated plant
• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health
• Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
• True Pollinator Insect on Flower

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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