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Beetles (Coleoptera)
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)

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KimberiRP wrote:
Yesterday
Xylotrupes australicus; a female.
Xylotrupes australicus
KimberiRP wrote:
Yesterday
Cephalodesmius armiger (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
Cephalodesmius armiger
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
11 Jun 2025
Looks like a Red-headed Pasture Cockchafer
Scarabaeidae (family)
donhe wrote:
11 Jun 2025
In general : one feeds a larva on what it was feeding on when found, so if it was boring into wood, give it some bits of the same wood, i.e. from the same tree species.
In this case : the legs look wrong for a Lepidoptera larva.
I think it is a beetle larva. I have reared some of those too, and got interesting adult beetles, that are quite easy to identify, as are adult moths..
Scarabaeidae (family)
RobParnell wrote:
10 Jun 2025
Sorry Don, the photo is nearly 2 months old. I think it came out of some wood I was chopping. I'll be sure to rear the next one I find. What should I feed it?
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