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Marble Jewel Beetle - Cisseis marmorata

Family Buprestidae

This page contains information and pictures about Marble Jewel Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length 12mm
 
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We found this jewel beetle once on a large Acacia tree trunk near Bulimba Creek on Mar 2008. The beetle was slowly climbing up the tree.
 
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Reference:
1. Cisseis marmorata - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan.
1. Cisseis marmorata Gory & Laporte, 1839 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2001. 
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Last updated: June 15, 2008.