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Photo by brainpunk
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Field Notes

Description:

4cm brown beetle appearing in summer and flying around lights, black eyes, dark abdomen and feeler things out around mouth.

Habitat:

Lights in suburbs in subtropical summer. Seem to die en masse this time of year.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
lori.tas
A chafer was my first thought.
KeithRoragen
Scarab of some kind. Maybe one of the Chafers.

Spotted for Missions

Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
Wilds of South-East Queensland
Mission
Global Flight
Mission
Beetles!
Mission
Entomologica of Queensland

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PublishedOctober 29, 2012

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