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Flower beetle

Lemodes coccinea

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

Small vivid red broad shouldered beetle.
This is a Darkling/blister/flower beetle; Family = Tenebrionoidea

Habitat:

On (Eucalyptus) leaf

Reference Links:

http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Lemodes%20cocc…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
MartinL
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14944058
MartinL
Found an ID, finally. A flower beetle is a broad term. According to EOL this is a Tenebrionoidea (Darkling beetle) and related to this well known one. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8856359
Ashish
http://www.flickr.com/photos/casja/5056196149/
MartinL
Thankyou stephenspragg. I suspected its a leaf beetle from chrysomelidae but I'm on a steep learning curve. I suspect it is a native but how do you know? This lilly beetle is rather more glossy than my spotting. Thank you AshishNimkar. This link to Tassie beetles looks promising. Ive got somewhere to look now - thanks guys.
Ashish
http://www.tfic.net.au/GenusPages/Microdonacia.html
StevenSpragg
This is the closest insect I could find that matches yours. Do not know whether this insect is meant to be distributed in Australia.

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Beetles of Southeastern Australia

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PublishedNovember 17, 2011

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