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Jewel beetle

Castiarina erythroptera

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 18mm long. Feeding on Leptospermum scoparium flowers.

Habitat:

In a local national park.

Notes:

This one could well be a part of a ring of Batesian mimicry working around this Lycid beetle http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1098516003 and including this Cerambycidae http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1050046008 They all appear around the same time and use the same plants. <br>

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6b…

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Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
Thanks Martin. I was just reviewing the full list of Castiarina species today and thinking about the natural stands of ti-tree around the state. It's an inviting challenge for sure.
MartinL
Your images are great Mark. You've got the set of common burps now. There are over 300 Castiarina species.........

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PublishedOctober 26, 2014

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