Termite
Alate (dropped it's wings)
Ellura
Brown Ant-like Flower Beetle
Dorsal
 
                      
Hairy Ant-like Flower Beetle (Anthicidae sp ES01)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Ant-like Flower Beetle (Anthicidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Hairy Ant-like Flower Beetle (Anthicidae sp ES01)
This Photo:     Dorsal

Thank you Mark Hura for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~3mm long. Notice the long notched antennae. Mark said his id was a bit tentative.

Copyright © 2023-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 04-Mar-2023
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.