Portrait of a jewel beetle, Diadoxus erythrurus. She appears to have fuzzy eyeballs! Woodgate, Qld.
Portrait of a jewel beetle, Diadoxus erythrurus. Woodgate, Qld.
Paropsis ornata on a gum leaf. Woodgate, Qld.
Paropsis ornata on a gum leaf. Woodgate, Qld.
Tiny flower beetle helps pollinate a wattle flower. Woodgate, Qld.
Dicranosterna circe on an acacia leaf. Woodgate, Qld.
Paropsis pictipennis on an acacia leaf. Woodgate, Qld.
Beetle hunkers down amidst an ant inquisition. Woodgate, Qld.
Longicorn beetle with hairy antennae. Woodgate, Qld.
A weevil pictured with some of the damage it has done to the new growth on a tree. Woodgate, Qld.
Some of the damage caused by this weevil on new grwoth of a tree. Woodgate, Qld.
Little fat beetle larvae on a gum leaf. Woodgate, Qld.
Half buried in fine sand, cute beetle. Woodgate, Qld.
Hairy rove-like beetle buried in fine sand. Woodgate, Qld.
Possibly Phyllocharis sp. Woodgate, Qld.
Orange & Black Leaf Beetle Eating
Possibly Phyllocharis sp. munging out on a leaf. Woodgate, Qld.
Mating flower beetles in lemon myrtle flowers. Kyogle, NSW.
Soft-winged Carphurus sp. flower beetle on a macadamia branch. Kyogle, NSW.
Nestled in the lovely little flowers of the Lemon Myrtle, brown Flower Beetle has a rest. Kyogle, NSW.
Hesthini wasp mimic beetle from above - you can see the shortened elytra which helps with mimicry. Girraween NP, Qld.
Longhorn beetle (Hesthsini sp.) is busy mimicking a wasp. Girraween NP, Qld.
Castiarina sexplagiata on Tea Tree. Girraween NP, Qld.
Little black jewel beetle on a dead twig. Girraween NP, Qld.
Metallic checkered beetle (Eleale sp.) feeds on a flannel flower. Girraween, Qld.