Chinnocks Jewel Beetle Body | Maroon-highlighted Jewel Beetle Dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
Family: | Jewel Beetle (Buprestidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Chinnocks Jewel Beetle (Castiarina chinnocki) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Vetral🔎 | ||||
Thank you Ralph Foster & Dr Peter Lang for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere A small Jewel Beetle at ~11mm long. It's exoskeleton is primarily gold, with green metallic legs & upper body! These are quite hairy underneath compared with our other Castiarina Jewel Beetle. This one was found in Sugarwood Flowers (Myoporum platycarpum) | |||||
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