Flower Chafer
S2, Female, Antenna
Flower Chafer
S3, Male, Emarginate Eye
| Flower Chafer S2, Female, Antenna | | Flower Chafer S3, Male, Emarginate Eye | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Beetles (Coleoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Scarab Beetle (Scarabaeidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Flower Chafer (Diaphonia dispar) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S3, Male, Face🔎 | ||||
| Other names: | Flower Beetle or Scarab Beetle | ||||
Thank you Mark Hura for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~23mm long. The female is basically a black beetle, with 2 "flame" stripes above, 2 orange spots on the rear, along with 4 paler orange/yellow spots on each side of the abdomen. The most interesting visual aspect of this beetle is it's sculptured elytra. The legs are wide and also have abnormally large appendages. Males look a bit like cowboy beetles and are pale brown, with a black 'V' on the pronotum & black edging to the inside edge of the pronotum. These are quite rare and important scientifically, so have included detailed photo's of all our specimens to show any differences between them. | |||||
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