Protaetia fusca (Mottled Flower Scarab)

Alice Springs Fauna •

Drying out after being rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, is this Mottled Flower Scarab (Protaetia fusca).

The Protaetia fusca beetles can be found on a range of plants including a number of fruit avocado, citrus, mango, peach, mango, maize. In Alice Springs they have been documented feeding and mating on the flowers of the Red-capped Gum (Eucalyptus erythrocorys). They are also known to feed on damaged or fallen fruit.

For more information: Insects > Beetles | Coleoptera | Protaetia fusca

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Class: Insecta
• Informal: Pterygotes
• Order: Coleoptera
• Suborder: Polyphaga
• Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
• Family: Scarabaeidae
• Subfamily: Cetoniinae
• Tribe: Cetoniini
• Genus: Protaetia
• Species: Protaetia fusca

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