Temognatha suturalis
1 Boldly sutured jewel beetle at Kalaru, NSW
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| Temognatha suturalis | DavidL.Jones | 8 Aug 2019 |
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Sheoak Jewel Beetle feeding on flowers of Babbingtonia in garden. Its larvae are white legless borers which tunnel into the the sapwood of the trunks of sheoaks including Allocasuarina littoralis forming interconnected oval tunnels.
2 comments
9 Aug 2019
I worked it out myself Jackie, there are some good beetle sites on the net and I have lots of books. But it was confirmed by Tom Weir, CSIRO!
9 Aug 2019
Thanks Jackie, I have been collecting insects all my life and have a great library of insect books. I did a year of enytomology at Uni and as I said earlier there are some great insect sites on the net. And the Jewel Beetles are a much favoured group with insect enthusiasts and pretty well known. So I was pretty confident with the name!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.926582-36.737239
- Places Kalaru, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 23 Jan 2013 06:47 PM Recorded on
- DavidL.Jones Recorded by
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- Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) DavidL.Jones South Coast NatureMapr Temognatha suturalis
Species information
- Temognatha suturalis Scientific name
- Boldly sutured jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 429.5m Recorded at altitude
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