Pheropsophus verticalis (Bombardier beetle)
Important information:
This beetle "has a special gland which mixes two chemicals together causing an explosive chemical reaction which expels a spray of boiling steam and chemicals with aloud pop. Temperatures reach over 100C in the gland, and it can produce 20 explosions in a minute."
(Quoted from http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Bombardier-Beetle/Pheropsophus/verticalis.html)
Pheropsophus verticalis is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga | New South Wales North Coast
Species information
- Pheropsophus verticalis Scientific name
- Bombardier beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 58m to 678.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Location information
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Places
Nambucca Heads, NSW
