Melobasis vittata

3 A Melobasis jewel beetle at Mittagong, NSW

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Location information

• Coordinates 150.410294-34.446428
• Altitude 757.3m
• Maps Mittagong Wingecarribee Local Government Area
• Places Mittagong, NSW

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 21 Jan 2023 01:11 PM Recorded on
• GlossyGal Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) GlossyGal Southern Highlands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Sorry, I don't know what the plant is. Associated plant
• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health
• Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
• True Insect on a flower

Species information

• Melobasis vittata Scientific name
• A Melobasis jewel beetle Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 757.28m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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