Temognatha suturalis

Boldy sutured jewel beetle at Tura Beach, NSW

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Identification history

	Temognatha suturalis	26 Mar 2019	KimPullen
	Unidentified	23 Mar 2019	Steff

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I found this beetle in the high tide line. It was stuck on it's back so I rolled it over with a feather. Can anyone tell me what it is?

3 comments

KerriLee wrote:

24 Mar 2019

ooh, nice! A jewel beetle, and a beautiful one. I'll see if I can find a species to match. This is one I've not seen before. And interestingly, Liz found a different species of jewel beetle a day or two again. And it too was washed up on the beach!

KerriLee wrote:

24 Mar 2019

hhmmm ... no match so far. Here's a link to the ALA gallery.
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:52b4768b-2ea5-4e91-ac38-93fa91b36cd6#gallery
Perhaps you'll spot it. I guess it could belong to a different family, but it certainly looks like a jewel beetle to me.
If you have no luck finding a match, I can ask Stuart Harris (in Canberra). Stuart is fast becoming an expert on the family Buprestidae, and I'm sure he'll be interested to see your find.

Harrisi wrote:

10 Apr 2019

Wow, a beautiful 'Bup' indeed, one that I have not encountered yet! Well done for flipping it over! Kim Pullen has once again afforded his expertise and nailed the ID, well done everyone!)
PS enjoying the fact that Jewel Beetle season is over and getting on with some pretty important matters till the allure of spring strikes again!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.935378 -36.862125
Places Tura Beach, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
22 Mar 2019 08:43 AM Recorded on
Steff Recorded by

Species information

Temognatha suturalis Scientific name
Boldy sutured jewel beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-Invasive
Up to 3.7m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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