Harpalini (tribe)

Harpaline carab beetle at Killara, VIC

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Identification history

	Harpalini (tribe)	19 Jun 2025	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	8 Mar 2025	KylieWaldon

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It came out of grass on the track and then was like a racehorse at speed straight down the track for quite a while. It was hard keeping up. Thought it was a cockroach at first, but photos look like some kind of beetle.

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KimberiRP wrote:

19 Jun 2025

A predaceous Ground beetle of tribe Harpalini, in family Carabidae

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
2 Mar 2025 09:23 AM Recorded on
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KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Carab beetles (Carabidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Harpalini (tribe) Scientific name
Harpaline carab beetle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 790.88m Recorded at altitude
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