Key Identification Features
- Along the sides of the abdomen, this species has a distinctive structure made up of orange pouches.
- Malachius bipustulatus is a holometabolous insect, meaning it undergoes complete metamorphosis with four distinct life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult (also called imago).
- The most noticeable feature of this species is the colour pattern of its elytra: the elytra are yellow to orange, with a black median stripe running along the margin where the two folded elytra meet.
- Males can be distinguished by an enlarged, irregular second antennal segment.
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