Red and Blue Flower Beetle
Male: dorsal
Red and Blue Flower Beetle
Male: profile
| Red and Blue Flower Beetle Male: dorsal | | Red and Blue Flower Beetle Male: profile | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Soft-winged Flower Beetle (Melyridae) | ||||
| Species: | Red and Blue Flower Beetle (Dicranolaius bellulus) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female: dorsal | ||||
| Other name: | Pollen Beetle | ||||
Thank you Gabriele Franzini for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere ~5mm long. Males have a cup on their antennae near the base. Notice the red elytral tips here. | |||||
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