Small Brown Scarab - ? Mimadoretus sp.

FAMILY SCARABAEIDAE

This page contains information and pictures about Small Brown Scarab Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 5mm

 

We sometime found this small scarab beetle trying to dig into the soil on ground. The beetle is brown in colour with dark brown thorax and head. It has a fat round body. 

 

 

Boris Büche send us email advised that this beetle probably in subfamily Rutelinae. 

 

 

 

Although this small beetle look fat, it does slowly fly away when disturbed. 

 

  

 

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Last updated: March 10, 2011.