Cockchafer at Flynn, ACT
Identification history
| Melolonthinae sp. (subfamily) | 8 Jan 2024 | KimberiRP | ||
| Colpochila sp. (genus) | 8 Jan 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 6 Jan 2024 | Christine |
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User's notes
Rescued this one from the bird bath.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
8 Jan 2024
For teh future, an image of the underside helps with scarab beetle ID
KimberiRP
wrote:
8 Jan 2024
Not Colpochila. Might be a Heteronyx, but hard to be sure without examining a specimen.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.041257-35.209713
- Places Flynn, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2023 01:40 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Melolonthinae sp. (subfamily) Scientific name
- Cockchafer Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1454m 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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