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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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DiBickers wrote:
52 min ago
This taxon is yet to be classified. Without being too long-winded, there are many Coccinellidae larvae (across several Subfamilies) which have these long waxy filaments, however, because they have not been raised from larva to the adult beetle they cannot be identified accurately.

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri has become a familiar taxon where many larvae are often misidentified for this reason.

These larvae are distinctly different to Cryptolaemus montrouzieri as the lateral waxy filaments are much longer and they also have an obvious “naked” back.

There has now been a larva successfully raised to adulthood which has the Entomologists excited as they were finally able to link that particular specimen to Telsimia (Genus).

Given that it is known these waxy larvae are across multiple Subfamilies we have grouped them together under “Coccinellidae sp01 (Unidentified Waxy Ladybird Larvae)” until further information comes to light.
Coccinellidae sp01
KorinneM wrote:
16 May 2025
@Harrisi - @KimberiRP thinks this could be Diphucrania kohouti, what do you think (noting that you've IDed several of them on here)?
Diphucrania sp. (genus)
KimberiRP wrote:
16 May 2025
Possibly the same species as https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/271949091 and https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/270790030. Might be Monolepta abundans.
Monolepta sp. (genus)
KimberiRP wrote:
15 May 2025
One of the flightless 'Ground weevils'. Further identification would need views of the dorsal side.
Amycterini (tribe)
DiBickers wrote:
14 May 2025
Family Carabidae, looks like Genus Cicindela (Tiger Beetles)
Carabidae (family)

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