<p>Plague Soldier Beetle or Green Soldier Beetle (<i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chauliognathus_lugubris" title="Chauliognathus lugubris">Chauliognathus lugubris</a></i>) near Toowoomba, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. Photographed on 18 April 2009.
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These beetles can swarm in huge numbers covering trees in their thousands.  I have not seen that in my area.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/32005048@N06">Arthur Chapman</a>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/32005048@N06/3536469359/">Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle; Green Soldier Beetle)</a>
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