A jewel beetle at Borough, NSW
Identification history
| Castiarina marginicollis | 22 Dec 2024 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Castiarina marginicollis | 22 Dec 2024 | entom2 | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Dec 2024 | Paul4K |
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2 comments
MarkH
wrote:
14 Dec 2024
Because of the angle it’s almost impossible to identify however the ventral colour and colour on the pronotum narrows it down to Castiarina marginicollis I think (I need to look at some reference specimens which I cannot do until tomorrow)
Location information
- Maps Boro
- Places Borough, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Dec 2024 03:20 PM Recorded on
- Paul4K Recorded by
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Collections
Paul4K Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Leptospermum sp. Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Castiarina marginicollis Scientific name
- A jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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