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Softwing flower beetle

Carphurus sp.

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 12mm long. Fairly inactive maybe due to an unusually cold day.

Habitat:

In a local nature reserve on the leaves of Acacia dealbata (silver wattle)

Notes:

Visually similar to rove beetles (Staphylinidae) but these are a different family (Melyridae). <br> https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3…

Reference Links:

Carphurus - Wikipedia

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