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A nice chestnut coloured beetle about 16mm long.
Flew in from back yard to rest on ceiling at night.
http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/eaf... Phyllophaga (June beetles) "family: scarabaeidae species: phyllophaga errans common names: (p. fusca) june, ten-lined (polyphylla crinita) may, or dung beetles, chafers; white grubs hosts: most vegetables, carrots, corn, potatoes, rutabagas, tomatoes notes: Small to large, robust elongate-oval, dull to brilliantly colored. Antennae short lamellate. Nocturnal. Larvae white, grub-like C-shaped adults destructive to foliage and larvae serious root pests of many crops. " - http://www3.telus.net/conrad/insects/sca... ?
Spotted on Jan 12, 2013
Submitted on Jan 14, 2013
10 Comments
I think they might be different species down here. There are numerous species and little information. Here is a larger one. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/172...
...maybe they just grow smaller in Vic....
Size is the issue. These are about 2/3rds to half the Brisbane beetle. I think I'm getting somewhere with it... yet to check the families above.
So was it a Brown Cockchafer? http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Thanks Gerardo - this would have to be a January beetle :) (definitely scarab type, probably chafer)
June beetle ?
Thanks for the comments everyone. Wow - similar in Canada, Mexico, South Africa and Aust. Here's a challenge... Lauren I agree and searching scarabidae now; Johan it looks good but can't find H.sommeri here; - Dane I'm about to start digging a hole for myself now; Scott... a tanner here is a nickel in the US :)
Looks like a Rose Chafer (Hypopholis sommeri)
This is definently a scarab beetle. We have a similar looking species here in southern Mexico that is very common in May.
Wow, awesome spotting, that sure looks like a 'June Bug' here in Ontario they're very common, again I doubt it's the same species, being on the other side of the world, but I do know they come from the ground, and go back in the ground. Digging around as grubs and then making a cocoon some how, and then digging out as those things.