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Fiddler Beetle

Eupoecila australasiae

Description:

Member of the'Scarab family

Habitat:

Moist dark parks and gardens, they lay Their eggs in rotting wood and feed on flower nectar they're also known as 'Flower Chafers'

1 Species ID Suggestions

ReannaDee
ReannaDee 12 years ago
Fiddler beetle
Eupoecila australasiae Eupoecila australasiae


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9 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Its a kind of Dung beetle. Very spectacular among them.

KatieAshton-Mckenzie
KatieAshton-Mckenzie 12 years ago

Oh really... Tidy!

Yasser
Yasser 12 years ago

Great photo! I just updated the category to invertebrates. For some reason it was marked as "plant" :)

KatieAshton-Mckenzie
KatieAshton-Mckenzie 12 years ago

Ah ha... Just found it... Well done ReannaDee it is indeed a variation of a Fiddler Beetle! There is heaps on the net to fish through! Thanks for your input AshishNimkar, appreciate it!

KatieAshton-Mckenzie
KatieAshton-Mckenzie 12 years ago

Ooooh yeah just looked and it's pattern is an exactly right for the Fiddler beetle but the feelers ARE weird and don't match either beetle... That's got me stumped

ReannaDee
ReannaDee 12 years ago

Yeah, it could be just be a variation. I did find another photo of one with the same antenna ends. The body and the markings do match up though for the fiddler beetle. =)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qg6LZz2Zwrg/Rd...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes Reanna you also reached. But that fork type antenna ends are still puzzling..

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Check whether its ur same beetle
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Nice and ideal picture taken specially to catch a bug..!!

2484, New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on May 23, 2011
Submitted on May 23, 2011

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