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Jewel Beetle - 7

Castiarina sexplagiata

Description:

Probably a paler variant of this one:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/933...

Habitat:

Spotted on Leptospermum in a park.

Notes:

Family: Buprestidae
Martin, have you any thoughts about this one. It appeared markedly pale to me.

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2 Comments

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Interesting ! Thanks Martin.

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

It's just got a bit less red than your other one.
They are variable and even sometimes have larger yellow zones. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/105...

Leuba Ridgway
Spotted by
Leuba Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Nov 12, 2014
Submitted on Nov 16, 2014

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