Beetles
Soldier Beetle, Chauliognathus tricolor, Family Cantharidae
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Wasp-mimicking Longicorn Beetle, Enchoptera apicalis, Family Cerambycidae
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Common Spotted Ladybird. Harmonia conformis.
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White-fringed Weevil, Naupactus leucoloma, Family Curculionidae . (The lesser of two weevils maybe!)
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Eucalyptus or Gum Tree Weevil, Gonipterus scutellaris, Curculionidae Family, with an ant alate, Myrmecia sp. resting on top.
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Black Bess Beetle, Mastachilus sp., Family Passalidae. Live in dead logs where they feed on the rotting wood.
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Tortoise Leaf Beetle Group, Paropsisterna intacta, of the Family Chrysomelidae
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Golden Stag Beetle,Lamprima aurata, Family Lucanidae, FEMALE - males being green
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Metallic shield bug, Scutiphora pedicellata, ADULT, Family Scutelleridae, feeding on White Elderberry fruit
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Black Dung Beetle. Onthophagus chepara, Family Scarabaeidae. These beetles can bury balls of dung 250 times heavier than itself in just one night, as witnessed in this picture!
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Feather-horned Beetle, Rhipicera femorata, Male, Family Rhipiceridae. An uncommon beetle. The larvae of this beetle is thought to parasitise cicada's
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Photographs by Kaye Proudley and John McClumpha
