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Click beetle

Elateridae sp.

Description:

About 30mm long, pale brown with some feint darker markings on wing covers.

Habitat:

Resting on thin shrub stem in dense eucalyptus rain forest.

Notes:

Yet to find genus and species... http://www.biodiversitysnapshots.net.au/...

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2 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Thanks for the clue martin. They are an exceptionally undistinguished bunch and I only got one shot. I'll search when the heat disappears :)

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

This is a click beetle elateridae.

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Nov 20, 2012
Submitted on Nov 20, 2012

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