Castiarina octospilota

A Jewel Beetle at Tharwa, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 148.914578-35.519458
• Altitude 1235.6m
• Maps Gibraltar Pines
• Places Tharwa, ACT

Sighting information

• 2 Abundance
• 5 Feb 2025 11:40 AM Recorded on
• Miranda Recorded by

• Collections

  Miranda NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Mixed Gender
• Mating Breeding behaviour

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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