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- Beetles in this small family are usually bicoloured with bright colours.
Their head is strongly constricted behind eyes to form narrow neck. The thorax
is usually narrow as well. They have long snout for flower-visiting, typical
of pollen feeders.
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- Their eggs are lay on flowers and larvae are parasitoids of bees.
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Orange Blister Beetle - Zonitis sp. ?
- This page contains information and pictures about Orange
Blister Beetles
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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Body length 16mm
The beetle is bright orange colour with black patch patterns. Its thorax and head are orange with narrow neck.
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We found this beetle two times in different area on Jan 2009, the first time in Ford Road Conservation Area and the second time in Daisy Hills near Buhot Creek. Both were found when the beetle was on the top of a small Lantana plant. The beetle did not fly or run away. It just slowly walk to the bottom side of the leaf to hide.-
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 668.
- 2. A guide to the Genera of Beetles of South Australia
Part.5 -
Matthews, E.G. 1985, p9.
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