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FAMILY CANTHARIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Tricolor Soldier Beetles that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 15mm
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- The Tricolor Soldier Beetle has the head and wing-covers in black, thorax
in orange and abdomen in yellow colours. This is a very strong warning signal.
Soldier Beetles are known to produce defensive toxic secretions when
disturbed.
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- We first found this mating couple on a gum tree trunk on late spring Nov
2002.
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- We then found them in Karawatha Forest Rocky Track on Mar 2007.
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- We also found them in Mt Tamborine on Apr 2008.
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- Reference:
- 1. Beetles - family Cantharidae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan,
2008.
- 2. Chauliognathus
tricolor - Morwell National Park Online, 2005.
- 3. Chauliognathus tricolor
(Castelnau, 1840) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the
Arts.
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