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Leaf Beetle

Description:

Length approx. 6mm

Habitat:

Found on a Eucalypt sappling

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2 Comments

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Martin, interesting info

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

What a great photo, It seems to have outgrown its jacket.
Leaf beetles (chrysomelidae) have eleven antennae segments and are always filamentous. These antenna terminate in a group of laminate plates, three, I think, that often look cute. This is in the group with chafer beetles

MacChristiansen
Spotted by
MacChristiansen

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Apr 13, 2014
Submitted on Apr 13, 2014

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