Clerid beetle at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Eleale simplex | 11 Dec 2024 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Coleoptera (order) | 13 Oct 2024 | abread111 |
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User's notes
Many other pollinators sharing these flowers on the Olearia lirata Snowy Daisy Bush.
A larger beetle than many of the others.
1 comment
abread111
wrote:
13 Oct 2024
There is possibly a second beetle like this one, low down on the left of the flower cluster, with the insect shown side on.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.178441-35.247878
- Altitude 718.0m
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Oct 2024 03:31 PM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
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Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Olearia lirata 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
- Eleale simplex Scientific name
- Clerid beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1659.41m Recorded at altitude
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