by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Pie-dish Beetle Scientific Name: Helea scaphiformis Size: TL 40mm What does it look like? The Pie-dish Beetle is black, oval shaped, with longitudinal ridges down centre of elytra, margins of body flattened to form a pie-dish shape. Larva yellow-brown elongated grub....
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Mottled Flower Scarab Scientific Name: Protaetia fusca Size: 17 mm What does it look like? The Mottled Flower Scarab is a small, usually shiny dark-coloured rounded beetle, with broad shovel-like head and pronotum, small fan-like antennae, may have hairs on underside...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, November 12, 2020
Fungus-eating Ladybird Adult Nymph Scientific Name: Illeis galbula Size: Total Length 4-5 mm What does it look like? Adults are bright yellow with broad jagged black bands across elytra and black midline. Fungus-eating Ladybird larvae have six legs, first segment of...
