Selagis formosa

A Jewel Beetle at Numbugga, NSW

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Identification history

Selagis formosa	30 May 2025	MarkH
Selagis caloptera	30 May 2025	MichaelMulvaney
Selagis caloptera	22 Dec 2021	Amata
Selagis caloptera	22 Dec 2021	Amata
Selagis caloptera	16 Jan 2021	Harrisi
Unverified	7 Jan 2021	roachie

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feeding on flowering Bursaria

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MarkH wrote:

30 May 2025

This is Selagis formosa not S. caloptera.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.721738 -36.662326
Places Numbugga, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
1 Jan 2021 11:05 AM Recorded on
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roachie NatureMapr South Coast Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects

Species information

Selagis formosa Scientific name
A Jewel Beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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