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Jewel beetle

Castiarina parallela

Description:

An elongate beetle with pale yellow spots along the elytra.

Habitat:

Feeding on flowering tea tree in desert habitat.

Notes:

Similar spotting pattern to Castiarina xanthopilosa. This species is paler, third pair of spots are diagonal. This lacks a continuous lateral yellow stripe.

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2 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

Thank you phoebedoyle23

phoebedoyle23
phoebedoyle23 9 years ago

Great pictures!

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 20, 2014
Submitted on Oct 31, 2014

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