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Chauliognathus sp.
The beetles were among many gathered on a bracken fern leaf near a fast flowing stream. Not a species I've seen before. Much smaller than the common plague beetles. Males look to be about half the length of the females. Females were about 12mm long. Approximately 20 pairs on one bracken fern leaf and none found anywhere else nearby.
In a local nature reserve. Cardinia.
Yet to find species... Cantharidae...Chauliognathus...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Jan 28, 2015
Submitted on Jan 29, 2015
2 Comments
Going with genus Chauliognathus
Ye, its a soldier beetle. The boys are quite short, aren't they. Not sure which one