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Lemodes coccinea
So much for being called flower beetle. These were obsessed with fungi. Then again there were no flowers around being the middle of winter.
In a local nature reserve.
I don't know if they are any bigger in winter but these shots came out much better than my last lot.
superfamily: TENEBRIONOIDEA
family: ANTHICIDAE
subfamily: LEMODINAE
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
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