![]() | Long Legged Scarab Beetle S1, Dorsal | Long Legged Scarab Beetle S1, Ventral | ![]() | |||
Animals Plants Info |
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||||||||||||||
Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | |||||||||||||||
Family: | June Beetle (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) | |||||||||||||||
Species: | Long Legged Scarab Beetle (Melolonthinae sp ES09)This Photo: | S2, Antennae | Other name: | June Beetle | General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere We've found quite a few of these. They look identical but range from 17mm down to ~6mm; which would indicate they are different species. We've just shown a couple of the larger specimens here.
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