Selagis caloptera

2 Caloptera jewel beetle at Charleys Forest, NSW

Selagis caloptera at Charleys Forest, NSW - 10 Sep 2023
Selagis caloptera at Charleys Forest, NSW - 10 Sep 2023
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Identification history

Selagis caloptera 13 Sep 2023 MarkH
Diadoxus erythrurus 13 Sep 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 13 Sep 2023 arjay

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Looks like a fly but has hard wing cases. Interesting colours.

3 comments

entom2 wrote:
   13 Sep 2023
I tried to enter Selagis caloptera, being the current name of this beast, under 'Identify this sighting', but it deletes it after I press the Enter key.
MarkH wrote:
   13 Sep 2023
It worked for me Allen.
Definitely a Selagis caloptera
entom2 wrote:
   13 Sep 2023
Still wont work for me, the name just vanishes when I hit 'Enter'.

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