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Pie-dish beetle

Helea sp.

Photo by SukesihGuna
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Field Notes

Description:

Adult pie-dish beetles forage on the ground at night, moving around quite quickly on long legs. Size around 3cm.

Habitat:

found in the arid parts of Australia

Reference Links:

Pie-dish Beetles - Australian Museum

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
injica
Very interesting spotting! :)

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Beetles of Southeastern Australia
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PublishedMarch 14, 2013

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