Mordellidae (family)

1 Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle at Colo Vale, NSW

Mordellidae (family) at Colo Vale, NSW - suppressed

Mordellidae (family) at Colo Vale, NSW - suppressed

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Identification history

	Mordella sp. (genus)	4 Apr 2025	DiBickers
	Mordellidae (family)	4 Apr 2025	DiBickers
	Mordella sp. (genus)	20 Nov 2024	MarkH
	Unverified	20 Nov 2024	Curiosity

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User's notes

Not sure this is a jewel beetle! A native bee (Exoneura sp) is in the foreground. This sighting goes with sighting 4616246.

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MarkH wrote:

20 Nov 2024

Not a jewel beetle. Looks like a type of Mordellid

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Location information

Maps Wingecarribee Local Government Area Colo Vale
Places Colo Vale, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
Curiosity Recorded by
Collections
Curiosity NatureMapr Southern Highlands Other beetles Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects

Additional information

Leptospermum sp. Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Mordellidae (family) Scientific name
Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1613m Recorded at altitude
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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