Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.
The Brindabella Range, commonly called The Brindabellas or The Brindies, is a mountain range located in Australia, on a state and territory border of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The range rises to the west of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, and includes the Namadgi National Park in the ACT and the Bimberi Nature Reserve and Brindabella National Park in New South Wales. The Brindabellas are visible to the west of Canberra and form an important part of the city's landscape.
Martin Bella, nicknamed Munster, is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A prop, he represented Queensland and Australia, and played his club football for a number of clubs in Australian and England.
Banksia lullfitzii is a species of shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has linear leaves with widely-spaced, sharply-pointed teeth on the sides, golden-orange to orange-brown flowers, and later, up to thirty follicles in each head.
Banksia pellaeifolia is a species of shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has underground stems, deeply pinnatipartite leaves with twenty to thirty lobes on each side, yellowish-brown flowers in heads of about sixty-five, and egg-shaped follicles.
Banksia bella, commonly known as the Wongan dryandra, is a species of dense shrub that is endemic to a restricted area of Western Australia. It has narrow, deeply serrated leaves covered with white hairs on the lower surface, heads of yellow flowers and few follicles in the fruiting head.
Grevillea thyrsoides is a small, spreading shrub which is endemic to an area in the Mid West and Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
Grevillea oxyantha is a plant from the Protea family, found in the cold mountain regions of southern New South Wales, Australia. The species grows from one to three metres in height. They are often found on rocky places, near cliffs or occasionally near streams. Rock types are mostly granite or quartzite. Nearby localities include Wee Jasper, Tumut, Batlow and Brown Mountain.
Temognatha alternata is endemic to Queensland, Australia. Little is known of this spectacular beetle which has never been formally described, as the name is taken from that given by Lumholtz without any description.
Castiarina is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, tribe Stigmoderini. This is one of the largest genera of beetles in Australia and emerge in the summertime to coordinate with flowering of native plants including Eucalyptus and tea trees (Leptospermum).
The 1989 Kangaroo Tour of New Zealand was a mid-season tour of New Zealand by the Australia national rugby league team. The Australians played six matches on tour, including a three test series against the New Zealand national rugby league team. The tour began on 4 July and finished on 23 July.
Castiarina alexandri is a species of beetle in the Buprestidae family, which is endemic to Australia.
Castiarina crenata is a species of beetle in the Buprestidae family, which is endemic to Australia and widespread in the southern half.
Castiarina insculpta, the Miena jewel beetle, is a species of beetle in the jewel beetle family, Buprestidae. It is endemic to Tasmania, where it feeds on the asteraceous shrub Ozothamnus hookeri.
Castiarina purcellae is a species of Australian beetle in the jewel beetle family, Buprestidae, described in 2005.
Castiarina michaelpowelli is a species of Australian beetle in the jewel beetle family, Buprestidae, described in 2005.
Castiarina keyzeri is a species of Australian beetle in the jewel beetle family, Buprestidae, described in 2005.
Castiarina macarthuri is a species of Australian beetle in the jewel beetle family, Buprestidae, described in 2005.
Castiarina nasuta is a species of beetle in the Buprestidae family, which is endemic to Australia and found along the east coast of Australia between Melbourne and Brisbane. It is one of several Jewel Beetles that exhibits Batesian mimicry of Lycid Beetles in the genus Porrostoma as the Lycid Beetles taste vile to predators. C. nasuta can be distinguished from similar species such as C. erythroptera, C. rufipennis and C. subpura by having a crinkly looking pronotum. It is typically found in flowering shrubs such as Leptospermum and Bursaria.
Castiarina simulata is a species of beetle in the jewel beetle family, Buprestidae, found in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria.
