Scarabaeidae (family)
Scarab beetle, curl grub at Kameruka, NSW
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| SCARABAEIDAE | KimPullen | 26 Sep 2020 | |
| SCARABAEIDAE | KimPullen | 26 Sep 2020 | |
| Unverified | LisaWhite | 26 Sep 2020 |
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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
26 Sep 2020
Iv’e left them where I found them, but I just can’t help trying to find out what they are!
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.
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?
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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