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Reddish-brown Flower Beetle - Aphanestes gymnopleura 

FAMILY SCARABAEIDAE

This page contains information and pictures about Reddish-brown Flower Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length 20mm
 
The beetle is reddish-brown in colour. 
 
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On Nov 2009 in Anstead Forest, we found this beetle sitting on the tip of a dry stem. It was a male. It opened it antenna seemed waiting for something. We believed the beetle was detecting the smell of a female. The beetle flied away after we took a few pictures.  
 
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Reference: 
1. A Guide to the Beetles of Australia - George Hangay and Paul Zborowski, CSIRO PUBLISHING April 2010, p101. 
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Last updated: April 02, 2011.