Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)

Beetles (Coleoptera)

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Beetles (Coleoptera)

Click beetles (Elateridae)
Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
Carab beetles (Carabidae)
Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)
Lady beetles (Coccinellidae)
Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
Stag beetles (Lucanidae)
Water beetles (several families)
Weevils (Curculionoidea)
Other beetles
Checkered Beetles (Cleridae)
Rove beetles (Staphylinidae)

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CathB wrote:
Yesterday
Possibly a moth larva. See Hypertrophidae sp.
Gonipterini sp. (tribe)
AlisonMilton wrote:
Yesterday
I've seen a lot of this in the past couple of years and have wondered what is causing it.
Gonipterini sp. (tribe)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
12 Aug 2025
Haplonyx?
Cryptoplini sp. (tribe)
MarkH wrote:
11 Aug 2025
This is a tenebrionid beetle, I’m pretty sure in the genus Chalcopteroides.
Not my area of expertise however definitely not a buprestid.
Chalcopteroides sp. (genus)
KimberiRP wrote:
9 Aug 2025
Never seen so many together!
Adelium porcatum

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Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) at Kingscote, SA

Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) at Kingscote, SA

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