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Chauliognathus lugubris
About 15mm long. This beetle has a yellow abdomen hidden under black elytra. The thorax has a margin of bright yellow. The beetle is otherwise black.
garden -
These beetles swarm in huge numbers possiby for mating.
Spotted on Nov 18, 2012
Submitted on Nov 22, 2012
4 Comments
Nice series
Nice spotting Leuba!
you'll have to go to Brisbaneinsects for the rest - i think they've got them all !
Only one ?.. hardly a plague. :-)