Giant Jewel Beetle: Headless Shell

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Jewel Beetle (Buprestidae)

Species:

Giant Jewel Beetle (Temognatha heros)

This Photo:

Headless Shell

Thank you Martin Lagerwey for confirming the identification of this species

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee), and elsewhere

This species is

South Australian Native Species, not listed in the Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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