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trevorpreston wrote:
5 Jan 2025
Definately darkling beetle, @KimPullen will know which species.

Helea ovata
LisaH wrote:
4 Jan 2025
Oh, oops! thank you!

Helea ovata
4 Jan 2025
Think it's a darkling beetle

Helea ovata
Ct1000 wrote:
3 Jan 2025
You may well be right! When I was looking at it yesterday it really seemed to stand out to me as having that thickened section and I thought it was the same in all the photos I took (with my phone) so only uploaded the clearest one.. But I do seem to have another angle and have just uploaded that.

Amblypelta nitida
WendyEM wrote:
3 Jan 2025
I guessed assassin bug based on the shape of your bug, but I was wrong. I think thickened/flattened antennae segment only shows up in photos taken on a certain angle
https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry/agriculture/biosecurity/plants/insects/horticultural/fruit-spotting-bug
" .... A distinctive feature of the nymphs of both fruit-spotting species is the second last segment of the antenna, which is black and conspicuously flattened...."
see also https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_coreidbugs/GreenCoonBugs.htm

Amblypelta nitida
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