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Eleale sp.
These beetles was very metallic showing gold through olive to green on the elytra. When they flew clear hind wings and a bright metallic blue abdomen was exposed . Dozens of these were attending the flowers on every ti-tree bush. Approximately 12mm long.
On Leptospermum scoparium in a local national park. Very open eucalyptus and ti-tree shrubland.
http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
Although E robusta is visually good except for reddish legs http://www.cleridae.info/eleale-robusta/...
it could be..
E aspera http://www.tfic.net.au/SpeciesPages/Elea...
E illaetabilis http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoft...
Who does not love the coloration...I may have to move to Australia sans camera for a year! Great shots Mark...as always!
Spotted on Oct 21, 2014
Submitted on Oct 21, 2014
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