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Bluish Darkling beetle
?Pterohelaeus sp.
-37.8958, 145.315
Field Notes
Description:
About 22mm long. Some weird stuff apparently pouring from the eye? Blue and other tints through elytra. Short moniliform antennae tucked under. Nine or ten striae. Pale underbody. Tips of gold setae on legs.
Habitat:
On a stone wall at night under lights at the local school.
Notes:
Yet to search families ... <br>
Tenebrionidae -> Pterohelaeus spp.? <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8c… <br>
...and I really am curious about the 'eggs' stuck on the back of the eye ?? (see last pic)
Reference Links:
Pterohelaeus | Atlas of Living Australia
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 15, 2014
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