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Bark gnawing beetle

Lepidopteryx mastersii

Photo by MartinL
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A minute red spotted bark gnawing beetle.

Habitat:

Under bark on stringybark eucalyptus.

Notes:

Possibly Lepidopteryx sp.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/841716019
The bark gnawing beetles are from the family Trogossitidae

Reference Links:

Trogossitidae, TROGOSSITIDAE : Bark-gnawing Beetles | Atlas of Living Australia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
MartinL
The ID by Ken Walker Lepidopteryx: mastersii http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/22986 Thank you Ken.
MartinL
Yes, it looks like chicken pox.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2014

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