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Golden Stag Beetle (♂)
Lamprima aurata
-37.5279, 147.85
Field Notes
Description:
A large shiny beetle looking like a cross between a Christmas Beetle and a Rhinocerous Beetle (30mm length with male mouth parts) Metallic colours are very dependent upon lighting angles and very from orange, yellow, green and sometimes even blue tints.
Habitat:
Resting on a green stem.. within 10 metres of a river, in very tall, dense and moist eucalyptus forest
Notes:
Feeds on eucalyptus and wattle and occasionally on other plants?
This one is a male. Often bred and kept as pets. <br> A female was found 3 years later here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1146016007 <br>
Order: Coleoptera <br>
Family: Lucanidae <br>
Genus: Lamprima <br>
Distribution in Australia <br> http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fd…
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 12, 2011
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