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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

16 hrs ago

Looks like a Red-headed Pasture Cockchafer

Scarabaeidae (family)

donhe wrote:

21 hrs ago

In general : one feeds a larva on what it was feeding on when found, so if it was boring into wood, give it some bits of the same wood, i.e. from the same tree species.
In this case : the legs look wrong for a Lepidoptera larva.
I think it is a beetle larva. I have reared some of those too, and got interesting adult beetles, that are quite easy to identify, as are adult moths..

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RobParnell wrote:

Yesterday

Sorry Don, the photo is nearly 2 months old. I think it came out of some wood I was chopping. I'll be sure to rear the next one I find. What should I feed it?

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donhe wrote:

Yesterday

@RobParnell : how did you find it : on the ground ? tunneling into wood : what type of tree?
Please can you rear it in captivity to get the adult moth for ID of the species?

Scarabaeidae (family)

entom2 wrote:

Yesterday

Sorry but though this might be the asserted species, the only way to determine most of the Australian Agrilus to species is to key it out with the specimen in hand, preferably using a stereo microscope.

Agrilus hypoleucus

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