Boldly sutured jewel beetle at Tura Beach, NSW
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.
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!
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!
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
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Steff South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Temognatha suturalis Scientific name
- Boldly sutured jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 429.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
