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Checkered beetle
Eleale sp.
-37.9502, 145.256
Field Notes
Description:
These beetles was very metallic showing gold through olive to green on the elytra. When they flew clear hind wings and a bright metallic blue abdomen was exposed . Dozens of these were attending the flowers on every ti-tree bush. Approximately 12mm long.
Habitat:
On Leptospermum scoparium in a local national park. Very open eucalyptus and ti-tree shrubland. <br> http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni…
Notes:
Although E robusta is visually good except for reddish legs http://www.cleridae.info/eleale-robusta/ <br> it could be..
E aspera http://www.tfic.net.au/SpeciesPages/Eleale%20illaetabilis.html
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E illaetabilis http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:32…
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniacoleoptera/suborder-poly… <br>
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