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Chauliognathus tricolor
A bright soldier beetle with orange pronotum and the yellow body which always seems too large for its highly polished elytra. Soldier beetles belong to the small family Cantharidae
The plague soldier beetle is somewhat more common http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/170... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/157... http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Spotted on Mar 3, 2013
Submitted on Mar 4, 2013
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