1 Unidentified Melobasis jewel Beetle at Theodore, ACT
Identification history
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | 2 Oct 2024 | martinl | ||
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | 25 Sep 2023 | MarkH | ||
| Unidentified | 24 Sep 2023 | owenh |
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User's notes
Brief visit only to leaf. Glimpses of electric blue colour in flight.
2 comments
MarkH
wrote:
25 Sep 2023
Hard to identify which species of Melobasis this is without having the specimen in hand. The blue colour you saw is from the abdominal tergites which can be seen when the elytra are open. It’s a very common colour in the majority of Melobasis spp.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113702-35.459081
- Maps Tuggeranong Hill
- Places Theodore, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Sep 2023 02:56 PM Recorded on
- owenh Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) owenh Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Melobasis sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Melobasis jewel Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1447.3m 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
- GPS evidence of location
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