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This very small beetle looks like a leaf beetle maybe looking for acacia trees. A type I have not seen before, it was about 8mm long, and for some time I thought it might be damaged because it was just going around in small circles with apparently only one antenna and not enough legs. I have since been able to find sufficient legs and antennae to allay that fear.
This was found on the front of our car after driving about 15km through the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Suspected Dicranosterna species which is an acacia leaf beetle. This is partly based upon behaviour characteristic of the family where, when threatened, they hide their legs and antennae. [Brisbane insects]
Spotted on Nov 14, 2012
Submitted on Nov 14, 2012
3 Comments
Automotive beetles are a bit larger
I was glad to find a new one too but also disappointed it was out of context making it harder to ID. (unless it's a new type of automotive beetle :)
Hey, its good to see a new one.
I've seen some similar about twice only but not this one.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/782...
I cannot match yours. (I think T sloane is larger)
This genus (T. sloane) followed our eucalyptus to the USA and there is an occasional post on PN from there.