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Castiarina rectifasciata
This beetle was similar to this one
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/977...
.
However, the ivory patches at the elytral base were bigger and continuous with the patches on the outer elytral margins.
Spotted on broom tea-tree in a national park.
This one was about to take-off.
ID taken from MartinL's spotting
Family: Buprestidae
Spotted on Oct 30, 2014
Submitted on Oct 31, 2014
1 Comment
Thanks Ernst -caught it on time !