MartinL

Hello mac. Nice observation. I would expect this on tea tree but happy to take Banksia. This is about as far north as records go for this species but not a lot of data to go on. I have a single record of a similar but undescribed species further north of the range (NSW border) but I am pretty sure yours is nupta.

Thank you maplemoth

Thanks Daniele. It is another favourite group of mine and endemic to Perth. I will go back over there to hopefully find more but I think they are all only green and hiding in foliage rather than mimicking beetles in this case.

This is Paropsis albae.
I know this species now from a preview of a scientific paper yet unpublished. It is endemic to New Guinea and this is the first record for Queensland, Australia.

Thankyou maplemoth662

Thanks Mark
Thanks maplemoth

Good theory, Mark. Some Calomela such as testacea can be green or orange , depending, probably on age. Larvae of Acacia feeding Peltoschemas are yellow if eating pollen and green if eating foliage. I know of no examples in adult Peltoschema but with a sample size of only one - maybe.

Thank you maplemoth662
I saw only one last year, but this season there are hundreds.

Thank you maplemoth
Thank you Jamie Grant
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Thank you Daniele.
Thank you Sergio.
Thank you Mark and Leuba together since you share the same computer.
Thank you António.
The red is also believed to be associated with a winter form in this bivoltine species but I'm not sure how it operates.