Castiarina octospilota

A Jewel Beetle at Black Mountain

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.094889-35.260716
• Maps Black Mountain
• Places Canberra Central, ACT

Sighting information

• At least 1 Abundance
• 18 Nov 2023 06:01 PM Recorded on
• Harrisi Recorded by

• Collections

  Photographic Competition - best invertebrate animal image Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Harrisi Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Kunzea sp. Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

• Castiarina octospilota Scientific name
• A Jewel Beetle Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1057m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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Record quality

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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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