Small Brown Scarab - ? Mimadoretus sp.
FAMILY SCARABAEIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Small Brown Scarab Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 5mm
- We sometime found this small scarab beetle trying to dig into the soil on ground. The beetle is brown in colour with dark brown thorax and head. It has a fat round body.
- Boris Büche send us email advised that this beetle probably in subfamily Rutelinae.
- Although this small beetle look fat, it does slowly fly away when disturbed.
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