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Castiarina bella
An attractive jewel beetle on Melaleuca flowers with two light bands, the posterior band with strong red margin. The secondary beetle is Castiarina erythroptera which is a lycid beetle mimic.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66925960@N0... http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Nov 3, 2013
Submitted on Nov 3, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks Chief.
Castiarina bella (means beautiful) was the only one I saw.
Wow!