Lagriini sp. (tribe)

Unidentified lagriine darkling beetle at Black Range, NSW

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Identification history

LAGRIINI (tribe)	18 Nov 2020	KimPullen
LAGRIINI (tribe)	18 Nov 2020	KimPullen
Unverified	16 Nov 2020	StephH

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User's notes

Three small (largest 15 mm) caterpillars resting near an ants' nest in a situation that I would not normally expect to find them, ie usually I would think that larvae like this would be carried inside as food. Plenty of small (6 mm) brown ants (second photo) foraging around the nest but apparently ignoring the caterpillars. An interesting mystery.

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KimPullen wrote:

18 Nov 2020

The ants may be Funnel ants (Aphaenogaster).

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Location information

Coordinates 149.849598 -36.731315
Places Black Range, NSW

Sighting information

3 Abundance
16 Nov 2020 01:37 PM Recorded on
StephH Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) StephH South Coast NatureMapr

Species information

Lagriini sp. (tribe) Scientific name
Unidentified lagriine darkling beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 965.8m Recorded at altitude
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