Friday, 30 September 2016

Jewel Beetles--gifts that keep giving!

Had a visit from my friend Jack Hasenpusch the other day. He noted that Australia Post (the Australian postal authority) had issued stamps featuring Australian Jewel Beetles (Buprestidae). To my surprise and pleasure, "Beetles on the Bottle" (Gwynne,Rentz, 1983) got mentioned. The interest just goes on and on.

REMEMBER, click on the items to enlarge.




Literature
Gwynne, DT, Rentz, DCF.  1983. Beetles on the bottle: Male
buprestids mistake stubbies for females (Coleoptera). Journal of the

Australian Entomological Society, 22: 79-80.

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