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FAMILY
SCARABAEIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Mango Flower Beetles that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. This beetle also known
as Mottled Flower Scarab.
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 - Body length 11mm
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- This flower beetle is medium size, with some white dots on black wing covers. We
usually found them on early summer.
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- They can be found feeding on different flowers in gardens and backyards.
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- On Jun 2008, which was early winter and beetles are rare in
Brisbane. We found this Mango Flower Beetle feeding on the wound of a Citrus
fruit.
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- Reference:
- 1. Beetles of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1987,
p44.
- 2. Protaetia fusca
(Herbst, 1790) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2002.
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