Hi Bill,I think I could have made a mistake. I once found similar looking Beetles like your first picture inside Rose flowers. I had forgotten about that, I spoke to a Bug professional and he said they were not SHB.
Sorry the two images are are very different, so I will retract my first comment and wear my glass's more.
Cheers
Steve
Yep Steve, we have something similar, said critter which 'hides' in banana fronds not occupied by
Green Tree Frog. Much smaller than SHB I still had a chill run up the spine when first seeing what
I thought was them inside a nucleus colony I was nursing along.
My work with Trigona (stingless native bees[1]) has taught me to check entomology sites for each
and every sighting, regardless of first conclusion.
There is why this exercise was not a "test" as such, with P&D being the newest frontier for BK(ng)
to be very sure before taking action is paramount.
Ask twice, do once applies, methinks ;-)
Cheers.
Bill
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http://www.aussiebee.com.au/trigona_carbonaria.html