Plague Soldier Beetle

Chauliognathus lugubris

The plague soldier beetle or green soldier beetle is a species of soldier beetle native to Australia. It has a flattened body to 15 millimetres long with a prominent yellow-orange stripe behind the black prothorax. The abdomen is yellow-orange but is mostly obscured by the metallic olive green elytra.
Plague soldier beetles Seen here swarming on Leptospermum. Congregating to mate and feed. 

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Behavior

The beetles often form large mating swarms.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyCantharidae
GenusChauliognathus
SpeciesC. lugubris
Photographed in
Australia