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Brown darkling beetle

Ecnolagria grandis

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A brown beetle, common on branches is caught snacking on the eggs of Paropsis atomaria.

Notes:

See another beetle here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8213781

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Brown Darkling Beetle - Ecnolagria grandis

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Comments (3)
Mark Ridgway
Is that pepper and salt in it's pockets ? Nice set martin.
MartinL
Thanks Ashish. It seems other species also make a meal of these abundant Paropsis atomaria egg clusters; http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7853168
Ashish
Wow... Great one spotting from your collection Martin... Well spotted with organism attitude or lifestyle. True learning lesson...!!

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Interaction between different species of Arthropods
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Eggs of the World
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Beetles of Southeastern Australia
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2012

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