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Green flower scarab (Diphucephala colaspidoides) For a short time in Spring these can appear in vast numbers to make the most of Leptospermum flowers.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/36996/green_flower_scarabs_diphucephala_colaspidoides_.html" title="Green flower scarabs (Diphucephala colaspidoides )"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2532/36996_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=5SFSV4uESrlIctgpg1Ak%2F0O9wY8%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Green flower scarabs (Diphucephala colaspidoides ) The warmth of the day, and the dense flushes of and endemic leptospermum flowers, drew out huge numbers of these very metallic blue-green beetles. Each was about 12mm long. The underside is creamy pale and heavily ribbed. The legs often take on other colours also including dark blue to red. Overall they produced quite a spectacle and sometimes weigh the shrubs down to almost breaking point.<br /> Many other species of beetles were competing for these flowers but when these ones got to a certain highg density the others left for a quieter bush of their own.<br /> See a single beetle here... <br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/37102/green_flower_scarab_diphucephala_colaspidoides.html Australia,Diphucephala colaspidoides,Geotagged,Leptospermum,Pollenator,Scarab,Scarabaeidae,Spring" /></a></figure><br /> These scarabs are about 12mm long. <br /> The underside is creamy pale and heavily ribbed. The legs often take on other colours also including dark blue to red.<br /> Australia,Diphucephala colaspidoides,Geotagged,Spring Click/tap to enlarge

Green flower scarab (Diphucephala colaspidoides)

For a short time in Spring these can appear in vast numbers to make the most of Leptospermum flowers.

Green flower scarabs (Diphucephala colaspidoides ) The warmth of the day, and the dense flushes of and endemic leptospermum flowers, drew out huge numbers of these very metallic blue-green beetles. Each was about 12mm long. The underside is creamy pale and heavily ribbed. The legs often take on other colours also including dark blue to red. Overall they produced quite a spectacle and sometimes weigh the shrubs down to almost breaking point.<br /> Many other species of beetles were competing for these flowers but when these ones got to a certain highg density the others left for a quieter bush of their own.<br /> See a single beetle here... <br /> http://www.jungledragon.com/image/37102/green_flower_scarab_diphucephala_colaspidoides.html Australia,Diphucephala colaspidoides,Geotagged,Leptospermum,Pollenator,Scarab,Scarabaeidae,Spring

These scarabs are about 12mm long.
The underside is creamy pale and heavily ribbed. The legs often take on other colours also including dark blue to red.

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The Diphucephala colaspidoides

Diphucephala colaspidoides is a small, highly metallic, blue-green scarab beetle found in south-eastern Australia. It is occasionally very prolific and in Spring or early Summer can swarm to cover flowering bushes in vast numbers.

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Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Mark Ridgway
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By Mark Ridgway

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Uploaded Mar 26, 2016. Captured Oct 31, 2012 03:43 in Stonemasons Track, Lysterfield South VIC 3156, Australia.
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