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FAMILY
SCARABAEIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Cowboy Beetles that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 25mm
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- This beetle is commonly seen flying around very fast during day time in shrubs early
summer in Brisbane. It is yellowish-brown in colour with a black stripe on
the middle. Its body is relatively flatten. The beetle feeds on nectar.
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- Reference:
- 1. Beetles of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1987,
plate 39.
- 2. Chondropyga dorsalis (Donovan, 1805)
- Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2002.
- 3. Chondropyga dorsalis
(Donovan) -Australian Insect Common Names, AICN version 1.53, CSIRO 2005.
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