Castiarina rufipennis

Jewel beetle at Tianjara, NSW

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Identification history

	Castiarina rufipennis	5 Nov 2019	MichaelMulvaney
	Castiarina rufipennis	15 Dec 2018	Harrisi

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Harrisi wrote:

15 Dec 2018

one of the many Lycid-mimic jewel beetles. Lycidae or Net-winged beetles taste like crap apparently, so many creatures get value out of mimicking them!?

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
12 Dec 2018 01:29 PM Recorded on
Harrisi Recorded by
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Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Harrisi South Coast NatureMapr

Species information

Castiarina rufipennis Scientific name
Jewel beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 719m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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