Sheoak Jewel Beetle feeding on flowers of Babbingtonia in garden. Its larvae are white legless borers which tunnel into the the sapwood of the trunks of sheoaks including Allocasuarina littoralis forming interconnected oval tunnels.
Hi David, If you got this one confirmed by someone from CSIRO, it would be helpful to say so, then one of the insect moderators can just click on confirm without having to research it for themselves. Jackie
OK, that's what we needed to know, ta. We've occasionally come unstuck self-confirming things other than plants from books, most of which are not comprehensive, unless you have some really heavy duty tomes, and even those are likely to be out of date! So a bit of name dropping is good!
Thanks Jackie, I have been collecting insects all my life and have a great library of insect books. I did a year of enytomology at Uni and as I said earlier there are some great insect sites on the net. And the Jewel Beetles are a much favoured group with insect enthusiasts and pretty well known. So I was pretty confident with the name!
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