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Jewel Beetle

Castiarina erythroptera

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

Red deeply ribbed jewel beetle (Buprestidae)

Habitat:

Feeding on flowering ti tree

Notes:

Associated with model Lycid beetle.
Pics #3 and #4 are the lycid beetle.
This jewel beetle is a mimic.

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Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
MartinL
Hey brainpunk, these two beetles do look similar. This is because this jewel beetle is mimicing a Lycid (net winged) beetle. Lycid beetles apparently taste bad (although I haven't actually tried one) and several other creatures, including this moth mimic them. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8954231 Please check an update on your beetle, as I think the name is different to Ashash's suggestion.
brainpunk
Hey that looks like mine.. Net winged I think they called it.
MartinL
This jewel beetle mimics the same lycid beetle http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7921043

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Beetles of Southeastern Australia

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PublishedNovember 29, 2011

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