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Unidentified at suppressed - 29 Oct 2022

Unidentified at suppressed - 29 Oct 2022

Unidentified at suppressed - 29 Oct 2022

Unidentified at suppressed - 29 Oct 2022

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Identification history

	Pheropsophus verticalis	17 Nov 2022	trevorpreston
	Unidentified	29 Oct 2022	trevorpreston

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Beetle 12-13mm, puffs out air when threatened.

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trevorpreston wrote:

17 Nov 2022

This Beetle is Pheropsophus verticalis, bombardier beetle. ID thanks to Kim Pullen, beetle expert and moderator for Canberra Nature Map.

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1 Abundance
29 Oct 2022 08:34 AM Recorded on
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12mm to 25mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

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