Nectar Scarab Beetle - Phyllotocus sp.

FAMILY SCARABAEIDAE

This page contains information and pictures about Yellow Cockchafer Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


Body length 10mm

On Sep 2010 near the Lagoon in Karawatha Forest, there were the blooming tea-tree flowers. We found there were a lot of different species insects visiting those flowers, including this Nectar Scarab Beetle mating pair.



This Flower Dung Beetle have the typical brick-red colour we believed is mimicking the Lycid Beetle. Why mimicking Lycid? We have the detail discussion in this page.

Reference:
1. A Guide to the Beetles of Australia - George Hangay and Paul Zborowski, CSIRO PUBLISHING April 2010, p97.

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