2 Staghorn Fern Window Spot Leaf Beetle at Emerald, VIC
Identification history
| Halticorcus platycerii | 1 Mar 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Halticorcus platycerii | 28 Feb 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Orcus australasiae | 3 Jan 2025 | GlossyGal |
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User's notes
This ladybird was super tiny - definitely less than 5mm
17 comments
GlossyGal
wrote:
4 Jan 2025
Thank you for your comment Alison - I'd thought the same thing (hence the mention of the size), but I couldn't find any more suitable options. Do you have any clues/suggestions?
AlisonMilton
wrote:
4 Jan 2025
AlisonMilton
wrote:
4 Jan 2025
@GlossyGal Hi, I'm not an entomologist but I'm looking into it. A possible ID from iNaturlaist but I need to look furhter. May be out of my arnge of expertise. Next week is a scheduled 'clean-up' week for moderators so maybe someone else will look at this and come up with an ID.
DiBickers
wrote:
27 Feb 2025
@GlossyGal & @AlisonMilton I’m pretty sure this a Staghorn Fern Window Spot Leaf Beetle (Halticorcus platycerii), but I can’t see it in the options to select it as a Suggestion?
GlossyGal
wrote:
28 Feb 2025
Big name for such a little creature! @AaronClausen can you help please?
DiBickers
wrote:
28 Feb 2025
@GlossyGal it sure is a big name for a little creature😂😂Looks like Alison saw my message and has setup a placeholder with the name for you❤️but we may still need Aaron’s help as we can’t click the button to Verify your observation until a Species category/taxon is fully set up for Halticorcus platycerii😊
GlossyGal
wrote:
28 Feb 2025
Thank you for the explanation Di, and thank you for researching the ID. I'm hoping to add more sightings of insects over time so I'm glad there's someone out there who's looking at them!
AlisonMilton
wrote:
28 Feb 2025
DiBickers
wrote:
28 Feb 2025
@AlisonMilton ah sweet, that makes sense😊@glossygal happy to help, I’d be happy to verify this, but as I’m new to NatureMapr I’m not comfortable setting up a species in the database so I agree with Alison, that this should be left to a more experienced moderator to finalise it for you💚
DiBickers
wrote:
1 Mar 2025
@MichaelMulvaney wondering if would you be able to assist with the setup & verification of this one, suggesting it is a Staghorn Fern Window Spot Leaf Beetle (Halticorcus platycerii). Alison has started the process for me but I’m not comfortable completing the setup without someone with more experience looking into it first. Thanks so much😊
Location information
- Places Emerald, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- GlossyGal Recorded by
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Collections
GlossyGal NatureMapr Greater Melbourne Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Additional information
- Coprosma? Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Halticorcus platycerii Scientific name
- Staghorn Fern Window Spot Leaf Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 241.65m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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