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Family Buprestidae
- This page contains information and pictures about Jewel Beetles in Subfamily Agrilinae
that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Jewel Beetles can normally be seen feeding nectar on flowers in bush during
a sunny day. Some Jewel Beetles are leaves feeder. They ranged from very small
to very large size. Their body is elongated and flattened. They are brightly
coloured and often have a metallic sheen which make their common name Jewel
Beetles. They are active and ready to fly during daytime.
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- Most species of Jewel Beetle larvae live in wood, although some of them
live in root and a few are leave miner. Most of them have very long life
cycle.
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- Acacia Jewel Beetle I
  - Diphucrania albosparsa (Cisseis albosparsa),
Coraebini, Cisseina, body length 12mm
- This small Jewel Beetle can easily be found on young Acacia trees in
Alexandra Hill during mid summer. When disturbed, they dropped and flied away.
The beetle was metallic dark brown to dark green in colour with eight white dots forming a circle
on its back. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Acacia Jewel Beetle II
 - Hypocisseis latipennis (Cisseis latipennis), Coraebini, Cisseina, body length 12mm
- We found this jewel beetle once on a large Acacia tree trunk near
Bulimba Creek on Mar 2008. The beetle was slowly climbing up the tree. More
information and photos can be found in this page.
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- Pinto Jewel Beetle
 - Cisseis or Diphucrania sp., Coraebini, Cisseina, body length 12mm
- Photos were taken on Mar 2009 and Feb 2010. Both were in Brisbane Botanic
Garden. Please check this page for
more infromation.
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- Pea Flower Jewel Beetle
 - Ethonion reichei, Coraebini,
Ethoniina, body length 12mm
- Found it jewel beetle in Daisy Hill on early summer Sep 2008. It was resting on
yellow flowers of Wallum Wedge Pea (Gompholobium virgatum). Please
check this page for more information.
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- Acacia Flat-headed Jewel
Beetle
 - Agrilus australasiae, Agrilini, Agrilina body length 12mm
- This beetle was found on Feb 2010 in Karawatha Forest on Echidna
Trail. It was resting on Acacia leaf. From the reference
infromation, the larvae are borer of Acacia stem. Please check this page
for more infromation.
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- ? Small Black Jewel Beetle
 - ? sp. body length 10mm
- This beetle has the elongated body and metallic colour body. However it may
not be a Jewel Beetle. Please email
us if you know the ID of this beetle.
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- Reference and Link:
- 1. Allen Sundholm's Buprestidae Home Page
(We also like to thank Allen Sundholm advised some of the Jewel Beetles'
ID in the page.)
- 2. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 632.
- 3. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p216.
- 4. Jewel Beetles of Western Australia - K. Carnaby, Wilga
WA, 1986.
- 5. Beetles of South Australia, a guide to the Genera of, Part 4,
E.G. Matthews, South Australia Museum, 1985.
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