Lepturidea pascoei
Yackandandah, VIC
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| Lepturidea pascoei | MichaelMulvaney | 27 Aug 2025 | ||
| Lepturidea pascoei | KylieWaldon | 18 Dec 2024 | ||
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 7 Dec 2024 |
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Not sure it was feeding. It raced over flowers, up the stem, over more flowers and then took off. It was hard to get a focus at this pace! Not seen this beetle before. I've had a guess at species - its the only beetle I can find that looks remotely like it!
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.832277-36.320471
- Places Yackandandah, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Dec 2024 08:43 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- tea tree Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- KylieWaldon NatureMapr Lepturidea pascoei Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Lepturidea pascoei Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794m Recorded at altitude
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