Unidentified lagriine darkling beetle at Black Range, NSW
Identification history
| LAGRIINI (tribe) | 18 Nov 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| LAGRIINI (tribe) | 18 Nov 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 16 Nov 2020 | StephH |
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User's notes
Three small (largest 15 mm) caterpillars resting near an ants' nest in a situation that I would not normally expect to find them, ie usually I would think that larvae like this would be carried inside as food. Plenty of small (6 mm) brown ants (second photo) foraging around the nest but apparently ignoring the caterpillars. An interesting mystery.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.849598-36.731315
- Places Black Range, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 16 Nov 2020 01:37 PM Recorded on
- StephH Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) StephH South Coast NatureMapr Lagriini sp. (tribe)
Species information
- Lagriini sp. (tribe) Scientific name
- Unidentified lagriine darkling beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 965.8m Recorded at altitude
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