Scarab beetle, curl grub at Kameruka, NSW
Identification history
| SCARABAEIDAE | 26 Sep 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| SCARABAEIDAE | 26 Sep 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 26 Sep 2020 | LisaWhite |
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User's notes
Found burrowed in a cow pat & surrounding soil. Approx 10mm long. Hoping they’re a friend as we have some land under a conservation agreement.
4 comments
LisaWhite
wrote:
26 Sep 2020
Iv’e left them where I found them, but I just can’t help trying to find out what they are!
KimPullen
wrote:
26 Sep 2020
This may be the 'Blackheaded pasture cockchafer', Acrossidius tasmaniae, which is a native pasture pest. Confirmation would require close examination of specimens.
LisaWhite
wrote:
27 Sep 2020
Thanks, very much, Kim. Now that it’s been confirmed, do you have any advice re leaving them or giving the chooks a feed? Are they a fried or a foe to a conservation area?
KimPullen
wrote:
17 Oct 2020
Lisa, they are not a serious foe, so I would leave them. If they are indeed a native species, then they are part of the landscape and environment. Any damage they cause will be minor.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.663856-36.697431
- Places Kameruka, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 26 Sep 2020 12:27 PM Recorded on
- LisaWhite Recorded by
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LisaWhite South Coast NatureMapr Scarabaeidae (family) Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Scarabaeidae (family) Scientific name
- Scarab beetle, curl grub Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1062.4m Recorded at altitude
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