A Jewel Beetle at Mongarlowe, NSW
Identification history
| Castiarina octospilota | 5 Jan 2025 | MarkH | ||
| Castiarina decemmaculata | 4 Jan 2025 | LisaH |
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1 comment
MarkH
wrote:
5 Jan 2025
The size of this beetle is around 12-15mm so the size in the observation is incorrect. Thanks
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
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LisaH Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Castiarina octospilota Scientific name
- A Jewel Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1235.62m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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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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