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Lamprima aurata
These can vary from copper-gold to a deep blue colour. This one is female and green-blue. About 25mm long overall and just clinging to the topmost part of a small spiny acacia.
In a local nature reserve. Glenfern Valley Reserve.
At last I found one. Found mostly in Victoria and Tasmania but occasionally southern NSW. Male was seen here about 3 years ago http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/802...
http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
family: LUCANIDAE
subfamily: Lampriminae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Lamprima%2...
Spotted on Dec 30, 2014
Submitted on Dec 30, 2014
5 Comments
Thanks Maria and James.
Superb Mark
Nice series!
Thanks KD and Lenny. Only took 3 years to make up a pair :)
Beautiful beetle Mark!