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Softwing flower beetle

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 12mm long; olive green with bright orange between segments.

Habitat:

On broad leafed acacia in a local nature reserve. Glenfern valley.

Notes:

Melyridae I guess but after some searching I can't find any green in the family. The orange almost glowed <br>

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PublishedOctober 18, 2015

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