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Green scarab beetle

Diphucephala sp

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

These small bright green chafer scarabs are very numerous over several flowering shrubs (tea tree).

Habitat:

Associated with flowering tea tree and aggregating together in a small part of their potential range. They presumably have some olfactory mechanism to keep their population together.

Notes:

http://lifeunseen.com/index2_item_2949.php

Reference Links:

Green Scarab Beetle - Diphucephala sp.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
MartinL
ALA lists 67 species in this genus and offers an image for a visually similar and local beetle called Diphucephala colaspidoides http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f8a7e575-b2ca-4727-a759-c220cf7d6c45#tab_gallery

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