Castiarina Jewel Beetle - Castiarina sexplagiata

Family Buprestidae

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


Body length 12mm

In Alexandra Hill during early summer, we found a lot of those orange-black Jewel Beetle feeding on white flowers of tea tree Leptospermum. The patterns on each beetle are slightly different. Their colours also vary from yellow to orange.



When disturbed, they fly to another branch of tee tree near by.



Castiarina sexplagiata and Castiarina decemmaculata feeding on Tea-tree flowers, Leptospermum sp., Family Myrtaceae.


Reference:
1. Castiarina sexplagiata (Gory, 1841) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2001.
2. Specimen Image Index - Insect Reference Collection Database - ICDB, Western Australian Department of Agriculture, 2006.