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Yellow-spotted chafer beetle
 
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Odontria xanthosticta

The yellow-spotted chafer is a species of scarab beetle, which is pale brown with yellow spots, ovate, and about a centimetre in length.  Beetles hide in the leaf litter and grass by day, but emerge at dusk to fly up onto trees to feed.  Fresh growth on pohutukawa, Coprosma, and karaka are particular favourites due to their moisture content.

 

 

 

 


 

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