Join the “Beetle Mania” BioQuest
A top-ranked QuestaGamer, Grisper, takes us on a taxonomic adventure, explaining why we shouldn't call beetles 'bugs' - just in time for the Beetle Mania bioQuest.
Live results
436
SIGHTINGS
892
IDENTIFICATIONS
73
SPECIES MAPPED
Explore sightings by location
Top Organisations (Identifications)
1. The Entomological Society of Queensland
40 correct IDs
2. Atlas of Living Australia
22 correct IDs
3. Birdlife Australia
19 correct IDs
4. Australian Museum
15 correct IDs
5. Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens
8 correct IDs
Top Organisations (Identifications)
1. The Entomological Society of Queensland
702 correct IDs
2. Atlas of Living Australia
622 correct IDs
3. Birdlife Australia
426 correct IDs
4. Wildcare Australia
332 correct IDs
5. Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden
110 correct IDs
6. Australian Museum
79 correct IDs
7. ClimateWatch
57 correct IDs
8. Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens
46 correct IDs
9. World Wildlife Fund for Nature
44 correct IDs
10. Coolum and North Shore Coast Care
43 correct IDs
11. Australian Conservation Foundation
33 correct IDs
12. Global Biodiversity Information Facility
32 correct IDs
13. Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
29 correct IDs
14. Australasian Arachnological Society
25 correct IDs
15. Woodfordia Inc.
24 correct IDs
16. Cooloola Coast Care
24 correct IDs
17. Greenpeace
19 correct IDs
18. Bio-Nica
18 correct IDs
19. NT Field Naturalist Club Inc.
18 correct IDs
20. Kiwi Conservation Club
16 correct IDs
21. Friends of the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens
15 correct IDs
22. Fungimap
14 correct IDs
23. Save the Frogs
12 correct IDs
24. Warrumbungle National Park
12 correct IDs
25. NatureTrack Foundation
12 correct IDs
26. Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park Bhutan
8 correct IDs
27. ACT Herpetological Society
7 correct IDs
28. Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
6 correct IDs
29. BioR
6 correct IDs
30. Botanic Gardens of South Australia
6 correct IDs
31. Gaia Nature Conservation
5 correct IDs
32. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
5 correct IDs
33. Australian Bird Study Association
5 correct IDs
34. La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary
5 correct IDs
35. Tangaroa Blue Foundation
4 correct IDs
36. Murrumbidgee Landcare Inc
4 correct IDs
37. Greening Australia
4 correct IDs
38. The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
3 correct IDs
39. Ningaloo Coast World Heritage
3 correct IDs
40. Diptera Info
3 correct IDs
41. Renmark Paringa Landcare
3 correct IDs
42. Norwegian Orca Survey
2 correct IDs
43. Australian Association for Environmental Education
2 correct IDs
44. Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary
2 correct IDs
45. Connecting Country
2 correct IDs
46. Reef Check Australia
2 correct IDs
47. Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC)
1 correct IDs
48. Cambooya Landcare Association
1 correct IDs
49. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
1 correct IDs
Top Spotters
1. Jordana1971
score 2614
2. Scott Gilmore
score 1384
3. Penelope
score 1160
4. ChelonaJill
score 965
5. nomadcam
score 676
6. Floozy
score 480
7. Mrs Norman
score 388
8. Rowan
score 357
9. Li Tao
score 302
10. DandyThar
score 295
Top Identifiers
1. Scott Gilmore
score 1866
2. Penelope
score 1122
3. Jordana1971
score 1073
4. nomadcam
score 242
5. ChelonaJill
score 160
6. Angela Moncrieff
score 114
7. Bdano
score 106
8. Rowan
score 103
9. Corinne
score 97
10. roland
score 87
Most Spotted
1. beetles
2. common australian lady beetle
3. darkling beetles
4. ground beetles
5. steelblue lady beetle
6. Lady Beetles, Ladybirds, Lady Bugs
7. leaf beetles
8. Adelium
9. Gonocephalum
10. Cotton harlequin bug
Top Sightings
1. Lemodes
nomadcam score 579
2. Baris
Penelope score 397
3. A Beetle
Scott Gilmore score 377
4. Otiorhynchus cribricollis
Jordana1971 score 346
5. Epilachna sumbana
Floozy score 330
6. Carabus davidis
Li Tao score 302
7. Paropsisterna Motschulsky, 1860
Jordana1971 239 gold
8. Pergetus campanulatus
Scott Gilmore score 236
9. 28-spotted Potato Ladybird
Jordana1971 score 224
10. Eucorynus crassicornis
DandyThar score 223
Featured sightings (some may not be beetles - can you tell the difference?)
FREE to participate! For your chance to win, simply submit sightings of beetles with the QuestaGame app between 6-22 April, 2018. Or you can ID beetle sightings through QuestaGame's Bio-Expertise Engine.
Prizes
Champion Spotter
Highest overall score for an individual based on sightings submitted.
Prize: TBA
Champion Identifier
Highest score from correct IDs provided by an individual (through the in-game QuestaLab or the QuestaGame's Bio-Expertise Engine) during the competition and until the time that all competition sightings have been verified.
Prize: TBA
Best Find
Highest scoring individual sighting.
Prize: TBA
Best Photo
As judged by QuestaGame staff.
Prize: TBA
Active Members Prize Draw
One QuestaGame member, who has submitted at least 3 beetle sightings within the competition period, drawn at random. Learn more about becoming a member...
Prize: TBA
Know your beetles from your bugs?
That's great! Then why not identify coleoptera sightings through the Bio-Expertise Engine? You'll be helping budding naturalists learn, and ensuring high quality data for research (see QuestaGame's data on GBIF.org). You'll could even win the Champion Identifier prize!
And why not choose your favourite conservation organisation through our Pays to Know Nature Fund, and you'll be earning them rewards for each correct ID you provide.
BioQuesting with QuestaGame will empower you to experience, learn about, and protect the diversity of life on Earth. You'll be taken on an adventure into nature, where you'll see the life around you in a whole new light.
experience nature on real outdoor adventures.
learn secrets of the life around you with expert feedback on all your sightings.
help protect the environment
your sightings will contribute to biodiversity research.
your correct IDs will help support QuestaGame's environmental partners (learn how).