A Jewel Beetle at Burragate, NSW
Identification history
| Castiarina bella | 13 Jan 2022 | Harrisi | ||
| Castiarina bella | 13 Jan 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 27 Dec 2021 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
a shy beetle.
2 comments
Harrisi
wrote:
13 Jan 2022
..and a shy photographer it seems...just enough info in this one shot to confirm the sp.? when they drop (thanatosis) it is usually pretty hard to find them again but in this case was it simply skulking in the foliage? Top, side and front are ideal angles and if lucky, a ventral (underneath) shot would be good too. Nice beetle, well done!
KylieWaldon
wrote:
15 Jan 2022
Sorry Harrisi. It was spitting rain and the driver wanted me back in the vehicle! I thought it was a different insect until I looked at the pics later on. I got more excited over the spiders at that site!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.663206-36.967219
- Maps South East Forest National Park
- Places Burragate, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2021 08:03 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon South Coast NatureMapr Castiarina bella Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- cassinia Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Castiarina bella Scientific name
- A Jewel Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 25.5m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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