Mordellidae (family)
Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle at North Albury, NSW
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| Mordellidae (family) | KimberiRP | 29 Jan 2025 | |
| Mordella sydneyana | Darcy | 5 Nov 2024 |
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User's notes
Several of these little pintail beetles in the flowering parsley
1 comment
29 Jan 2025
The smaller Mordellidae are hard to identify to species. This might be Mordella sydneyana, but I think it would be necessary to examine a specimen to be sure.
Location information
- Places North Albury, NSW
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- Darcy Recorded by
- Petroselinum crispum (Italian parsley) Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- North Albury Home sightings Darcy NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Mordellidae (family) Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Mordellidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1613m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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