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Peltoschema orphana
Atleast 3-4 of these beetles ..one looking like it has an injury
The last picture shows where these ones where (highly thorned weed) ..made it very hard to photograph unless the took a stroll along little pieces of wood. Local reserve
Spotted on Nov 14, 2014
Submitted on Nov 14, 2014
9 Comments
The fireblight beetle is polyphagus, preferring acacia but will feed on eucalyptus and others. Several of the Peltoschema species occur in green or brown form.
I believe you have the ID correct
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
Pyrgoides is now Peltoschema.
I have updated ...but i am not convinced hehehe :)
Found this one too
https://www.flickr.com/photos/38709689@N...
Pyrgoides orphana
Seems to be....just no green and nowhere close was acacia tree's , that tree i know .
maybe they just haven't eaten their greens yet... here's some of Kristi's P orphana http://www.flickr.com/photos/22953763@N0... forget the green and see the lines?
Hmm interesting then.. the pattern just looked familiar.
They are all green ...these had no green at all ?
No acacia ..is beautiful with yellow flowers ...this is a spiny weed on the ground, last photo supplied.
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoft...
Hey Charlie I think this might be Peltoschema sp. Thorny plant suggests acacia?