An earth-boring dung beetle at The Pilliga, NSW
Identification history
| Bolboceratinae (sub-family) | 30 Sep 2025 | KimberiRP | ||
| Bolboceratinae (sub-family) | 22 Sep 2025 | HelenCross | ||
| Unverified | 21 Sep 2025 | HelenCross |
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2 comments
KimberiRP
wrote:
30 Sep 2025
Quite possibly a female Blackburnium sloanei, since a male in another of your posts seems to be that species. But I can't be sure, as the females in this genus all look the same to me!
Location information
- Places The Pilliga, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Collections
HelenCross NatureMapr New England Bolboceratinae (sub-family) Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Bolboceratinae (sub-family) Scientific name
- An earth-boring dung beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 56.65m to 270m Recorded at altitude
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
- Description
- Additional attributes