Beetles

Pin-tailed Beetle - Austromordella verticordiae

On Brunonia australis. Photographed at Buntine Rock in the Western Australian mid-west, 28-9-22.

Jewel Beetle - Castiarina picta

On Conospermum brownii. Photographed at Buntine Nature Reserve in the Western Australian mid-west, 28-9-22.

Leaf Beetle on Tangled Petrophile

Photographed at Meenaar Nature Reserve, Western Australia, 19-9-22.

Western Dung Beetle - Onthophagus ferox

Photographed at Jam Patch Campground, near Lake Grace, Western Australia, 5-9-22.

Clerid Beetle - Eleale aulicodes

Photographed at Jam Patch Campground, near Lake Grace, Western Australia, 5-9-22.

Clerid Beetle - Eleale aulicodes

Photographed at Jam Patch Campground, near Lake Grace, Western Australia, 5-9-22.

Clerid Beetle - Eleale aulicodes

Photographed at Jam Patch Campground, near Lake Grace, Western Australia, 5-9-22.

Clerid Beetle - Eleale aulicodes

Photographed at Jam Patch Campground, near Lake Grace, Western Australia, 5-9-22.

Clerid Beetle - Eleale aulicodes

Photographed at Jam Patch Campground, near Lake Grace, Western Australia, 5-9-22.

Clerid Beetle - Eleale aulicodes

Photographed at Jam Patch Campground, near Lake Grace, Western Australia, 5-9-22.

Clerid Beetle - Eleale aulicodes

Photographed at Jam Patch Campground, near Lake Grace, Western Australia, 5-9-22.

Jewel Beetle on Pom-pom Darwinia

(Castiarina picta), when you don't know the plant but a beetle you THINK you know lands on it, thank goodness I don't have to look up this plant, photographed near Kundip Ruins, south of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, 30-8-22.

Jewel Beetle on Pom-pom Darwinia

(Castiarina picta), when you don't know the plant but a beetle you THINK you know lands on it, thank goodness I don't have to look up this plant, photographed near Kundip Ruins, south of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, 30-8-22.

White Spider with Jewel Beetle

(Castiarina picta), the only thing better than a photo of an orchid is a photo of an orchid with an insect on it, photographed near Kundip Ruins, south of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, 30-8-22.

White Spider with Jewel Beetle

(Castiarina picta), the only thing better than a photo of an orchid is a photo of an orchid with an insect on it, photographed near Kundip Ruins, south of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, 30-8-22.

Rhinoceros Beetle

Subfamily Dynastinae, photographed at Venus Bay Conservation Park, near Port Kenny, South Australia.

Hairy Pie-dish Beetle

(Helea perforata), photographed at Cape Le Grand National Park, on the West Australian south coast, east of Esperance.

Hairy Pie-dish Beetle

(Helea perforata), photographed at Cape Le Grand National Park, on the West Australian south coast, east of Esperance.

Scarab Beetle

(Pimelopus nothus), photographed at Cape Le Grand National Park, on the West Australian south coast, east of Esperance.

Ground Beetle

(Carenum sp), photographed at Gluepot Reserve in the South Australian Mallee.

Egyptian Beetle - Blaps polychresta

(Blaps polychresta), an introduced species, photographed at Karte Conservation Reserve, near Pinnaroo, South Australia.

Egyptian Beetle - Blaps polychresta

(Blaps polychresta), an introduced species, photographed at Karte Conservation Reserve, near Pinnaroo, South Australia.

Egyptian Beetle - Blaps polychresta

(Blaps polychresta), an introduced species, photographed at Karte Conservation Reserve, near Pinnaroo, South Australia.

Tricolor Soldier Beetles

(Chauliognathus tricolor), photographed at Lake Edward, near Glencoe, South Australia.