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Castiarina octomaculata
An orange jewel beetle with black spots mimicking the common ladybird beetle is easily found feeding on the nectar of flowering tea tree on very warm days.
Cuhrchill NP Lysterfield on flowering tea tree
The pink flower is geraldton wax flower from my garden.
Spotted on Oct 1, 2014
Submitted on Oct 23, 2014
1 Comment
beautiful beetle!