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Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

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Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

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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
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
5 Aug 2025
This species is widespread along Queensland coastal areas
Lagria cyanea
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
4 Aug 2025
Not Meneristes
Meneristes australis
trevorpreston wrote:
26 Jul 2025
Adelium subdepressum, ID from Kim Pullen.
Adelium subdepressum

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Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) at Kingscote, SA

Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) at Kingscote, SA

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