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Scientific Name : Ptomaphila lacrymosa Common Name : N/a Description : A large brown and black beetle about 23 mm long. The Elytra are brown, broadly flattened and covered with black bumps and ridges. The antennae are club shaped, black at the base, but with the three outer segments broader than the rest and bright orange in colour. Habitat : Usually found around decaying bodies of animals. It is believed to feed on the maggots which infest the bodies on which it is found. Distribution : South-eastern Australia. In the park, several were found feeding on a recently dead Koala Phascolarctos cinereus, near Billys Creek and also on a dead Wombat Vombatus ursinus beside the Blue Gum Hill Track. Family : Silphidae

Available Images View At 50% | View At 100% Beetle found on a dead wombat iVombatus ursinus/i beside the Blue Gum Hill Track. View At 50% | View At 100% Beetle found on a dead wombat iVombatus ursinus/i beside the Blue Gum Hill Track. View At 50% | View At 100% Ptomaphila lacrymosa beetle View At 50% | View At 100% Ptomaphila lacrymosa beetle View At 50% | View At 100% Ptomaphila lacrymosa beetles feeding in the open mouth of a dead Swamp Wallaby by the Weir Track