Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
Sighting 4357286

Lagriini sp. (tribe)

Unidentified lagriine darkling beetle at Black Range, NSW

Lagriini sp. (tribe) at Black Range, NSW - 16 Nov 2020
Lagriini sp. (tribe) at Black Range, NSW - 16 Nov 2020
Lagriini sp. (tribe) at Black Range, NSW - 16 Nov 2020
Lagriini sp. (tribe) at Black Range, NSW - 16 Nov 2020
Lagriini sp. (tribe) at Black Range, NSW - 16 Nov 2020
Lagriini sp. (tribe) at Black Range, NSW - 16 Nov 2020
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Identification history

LAGRIINI (tribe) 18 Nov 2020 KimPullen
LAGRIINI (tribe) 18 Nov 2020 KimPullen
Unidentified 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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Sighting information

  • 3 Abundance
  • 16 Nov 2020 01:37 PM Recorded on
  • StephH Recorded by

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