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CARABIDAE
Ground Beetles

STAPHYLINIDAE
Rove Beetles 

SCARABAEIDAE
Scarab Beetles

BUPRESTIDAE
Jewel Beetles
ELATERIDAE
Click Beetles 
LYCIDAE
Long-noseLycidBeetle
Red ShoulderLycid Beetle
CANTHARIDAE
Soldier Beetles

CLERIDAE
Clerid Beetles
MELYRIDAE
Pollen Beetles
NITIDULIDAE
Sap Beetles

COCCINELLIDAE 
Ladybird Beetles 

MORDELLIDAE
Pintail Beetles
RHIPIPHORIDAE
Wedge-shaped Beetles TENEBRIONIDAE
Chalcopterus Beetle
Brown Darkling Beetle
Black Darkling Beetle 

CERAMBYCIDAE
Longicorn Beetles
CHRYSOMELIDAE 
Leaf Beetles  

BELIDAE
Belid Weevils
CURCULIONIDAE
True Weevil

Other Beetle Families 

                                               

Family Elateridae - Click Beetles

Beetles in this family are elongated form, with acute hind angles on prothorax and a clicking mechanism enabling them to jump by sudden movement of prothorax and hind body. 
 
Click Beetle
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? sp., body length 25mm
The Click Beetle was found resting on a small Dogwood tree in Karawatha forest during mid summer. 
Dogwood
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Jacksonia scoparia, family Fabaceae
 

Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 637.
 
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