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Acacia Leaf Beetle Larvae

Paropsis immaculata

Description:

Subfamily Chrysomelinae, FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE



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7 Comments

Christiane
Christiane a year ago

Thank MartinI.. I will check out the link!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar a year ago

Wow nice insect...very spectacular at both Adult as well as Juvenile stage..!!

Christiane
Christiane a year ago

I have to agree with Ken.. I found the beetle, it was a Black Wattle Tree and it did not look like a caterpillar..

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar a year ago

I feel its a catterpillar of Papilio family or a small moth.

Christiane
Christiane a year ago

Thanks Ken.. It looks like it!! Can you also ID Spiders???

kwalker
kwalker a year ago

Wow! I have never seen this beetle larvae before, but I believe I know its group.

This is a Chrysomelidae leaf eating beetle larva belonging to the Paropsine group. There are several genera in this group and it could be Paropsis.

Larvae of these paropsine beetles characteristically have the spots, dots and multitude of colours as seen in your image.

Take a look at this link:

http://www.oocities.org/brisbane_leafbee...

Best wishes,

Ken

4671, Queensland, Australia

Lat: -25.18, Long: 151.65

Spotted on Jun 5, 2011
Submitted on Jun 5, 2011

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