
Jewel Beetle (Castiarina fossoria)
This lovely jewel beetle had cream-coloured elytra with rows of puncturations running down the elytra. The inner margins of the elytra had a narrow linear black marking for two-thirds of its length, near the apex this marking broadened looking like a blunt arrowhead. The outer margin of the elytra at the apex was tinged red. Thorax and head were dark with a greenish iridescence.
Spotted on tea-tree.
Similar species: Beetles
By Leuba Ridgway
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Uploaded Nov 11, 2016. Captured Nov 8, 2016 12:09 in Rd 5, Emerald VIC 3782, Australia.
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