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Paropsisterna fastidiosa
About 10mm long. These ones were all a mix of greens and pinks which was an excellent match for the tree stems and particularly the leaf galls on the same tree which were often a similar size and shape.
On a small eucalyptus tree within a nature reserve incorporating stringybark, acacias, pomaderris, pittosporum, assorted woody shrubs and grasses.
Possibly 'P obovata' but discussion is ongoing re this species... see here http://www.flickr.com/photos/22953763@N0... ..so it might officially be a new species soon :-) See also Leuba's http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/436... and martinl's http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/430... and
Spotted on Oct 11, 2013
Submitted on Oct 12, 2013
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