Description: A small beetle. About as large as my thumb nail. Its mainly black, with yellow patterns. The head is pointed,and the rare is oval shaped. There are two small dots on the rare end which look like eyes. There is a raised ridge in the middle of the back. Often find these beetles on my balcony and not sure where they come from or what plant they would have been feasting on.
Description: As a supplement to adults' photographs, I photographed the grubs of my animal husbandry of Pachnoda sinuata subsp. flaviventris. Unfortunately, I do not know the precise locality. This kind is in European animal husbandry for more than ten years.
Description: I have scoured the natural history texts and everything I could to find this story documented: I cannot believe that it has not been told. Look at this beetle, Quick!! Where is the head? Look again: are you sure? Yes, it is apparent! The black markings are back-to-front. This beetle has painted itself backwards. Why?: simply grab it to eat it (note the yellow and black colour stupid: this is not a good idea). Oh but you are not stupid, you will quickly grab the head and dispose of it!
