Red&Blue flower beetle

Description:

8mm long; alternate red and metallic blue; busy searching

Habitat:

On acacia leaf in treelined sports park.

Notes:

Red and Blue Beetle, Pollen Beetle - Family Melyridae http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Dicranolai...) "This species of beetles are partly predacious. They search over plants during the day. They eat eggs, larvae and other slow-moving insects. On rice crops, they have been found feeding on pollen. The egg, larval and pupa stages are in the soil." - BrisbaneInsects