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Red&Blue flower beetle
Dicranolaius bellulus
-37.8941, 145.302
Field Notes
Description:
8mm long; alternate red and metallic blue; busy searching
Habitat:
On acacia leaf in treelined sports park.
Notes:
Red and Blue Beetle, Pollen Beetle - Family Melyridae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Dicranolaius+bellulus+(Animalia)
"This species of beetles are partly predacious. They search over plants during the day. They eat eggs, larvae and other slow-moving insects. On rice crops, they have been found feeding on pollen. The egg, larval and pupa stages are in the soil." - BrisbaneInsects
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2013
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