Pumpkin Beetle at QPRC LGA
Identification history
| Aulacophora hilaris | 28 Dec 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 26 Dec 2023 | arjay |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
3 comments
arjay
wrote:
29 Dec 2023
Bursaria spinosa. They are a popular flower for beetles and flies. Actually probably also bees and wasps. Deliciously prickly but worth having around just for the invertebrate wildlife that loves them. Actually pigs also love their roots which isn't as much fun.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 3 Feb 2021 03:32 PM Recorded on
- arjay Recorded by
-
Collections
Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa - a research project. Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Aulacophora hilaris Scientific name
- Pumpkin Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
