Greater St Johns Wort beetle at Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Chrysolina quadrigemina | 30 Oct 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Chrysolina quadrigemina | 29 Oct 2021 | ClaireSee | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Oct 2021 | KylieWaldon |
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Got better photos of these beetles today.
2 comments
ClaireSee
wrote:
29 Oct 2021
Just about the only beetle I know. Biological control for St Johns Wort. Reasonably effective locally i believe
KylieWaldon
wrote:
29 Oct 2021
Thanks Claire. Then, yes - it does do a great job. Every SJW I get them on is dying! Lets hope when they run out they don't eat something endangered!
Location information
- Coordinates 146.901793-36.140093
- Maps Jack Perry Reserve Wodonga
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 40 Abundance
- 29 Oct 2021 12:49 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr
Additional information
- mostly St Johns Wort Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Chrysolina quadrigemina Scientific name
- Greater St Johns Wort beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1025.94m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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