Temognatha suturalis

1 Boldly sutured jewel beetle at Kalaru, NSW

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Identification history

Temognatha suturalis

8 Aug 2019

DavidL.Jones

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Sheoak Jewel Beetle feeding on flowers of Babbingtonia in garden. Its larvae are white legless borers which tunnel into the the sapwood of the trunks of sheoaks including Allocasuarina littoralis forming interconnected oval tunnels.

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DavidL.Jones wrote:

9 Aug 2019

I worked it out myself Jackie, there are some good beetle sites on the net and I have lots of books. But it was confirmed by Tom Weir, CSIRO!

DavidL.Jones wrote:

9 Aug 2019

Thanks Jackie, I have been collecting insects all my life and have a great library of insect books. I did a year of enytomology at Uni and as I said earlier there are some great insect sites on the net. And the Jewel Beetles are a much favoured group with insect enthusiasts and pretty well known. So I was pretty confident with the name!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.926582 -36.737239
Places Kalaru, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
23 Jan 2013 06:47 PM Recorded on
DavidL.Jones Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) DavidL.Jones 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
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Temognatha suturalis

1 Boldly sutured jewel beetle at Kalaru, NSW

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