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Discussion

chriselidie wrote:

34 min ago

Yes, this one looks exactly like the one I saw. This was in an area where there also were some Chalcopteroides columbinus - almost didn't notice they were different beetles at first as the colour is so similar

Hemicyclus punctulatus

KimberiRP wrote:

1 hr ago

Not a Chalcopteroides, but the much rarer Hemicyclus punctulatus. Although the colours are similar, it can be distinguished from Chalcopteroides by the narrow flanges on the sides of the elytra; wider flanges on the sides of the pronotum.
Other differences that "chriselidie" noticed are the more widely rounded shape (hence the 'cyclus' part of the name), and the lack of striae (lengthwise grooves) on the elytra.

Hemicyclus punctulatus

JustinHurleyLey wrote:

3 hrs ago

Yeah, it was quite the show. So many of them out there, particularly at Kama NR

Psaltoda moerens

entom2 wrote:

3 hrs ago

Mark H: OK. Not even sure I have any subvicina myself!

Castiarina vicina

Miranda wrote:

6 hrs ago

It's been suggested on another forum that these are trichogrammatidae and are hanging around so they can parasitise the beetle's eggs? @SimoneC @KimPullen

Chalcidoidea (superfamily)