Castiarina rufipennis

Jewel beetle at Tianjara, NSW

Castiarina rufipennis at Tianjara, NSW - 12 Dec 2018 01:29 PM
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Castiarina rufipennis 5 Nov 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Castiarina rufipennis 15 Dec 2018 Harrisi

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Harrisi wrote:
   15 Dec 2018
one of the many Lycid-mimic jewel beetles. Lycidae or Net-winged beetles taste like crap apparently, so many creatures get value out of mimicking them!?

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