Pruinose Scarab Beetle
S1, Middle Leg
Adelaide Plains
Pruinose Scarab Beetle
S1, ventral
 
                 
Pruinose Scarab Beetle (Sericesthis geminata)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: June Beetle (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Pruinose Scarab Beetle (Sericesthis geminata)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Rear Leg🔎

Thank you Brittany Porter (LuxTaxidermy) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Plains and possibly elsewhere
~16mm long

Copyright © 2024-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 21-Dec-2024
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.