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Acacia leaf beetle

Dicranosterna immaculata

Description:

About 12mm long, rounded and solid looking. Failed to react to my presence even when I removed a branchlet from it's face for a photo session. :-)

Habitat:

In a local nature reserve on outer branches of Acacia mearnsii.

Notes:

Was also 'Paropsis immaculata'
family: CHRYSOMELIDAE
subfamily: Chrysomelinae
genus: Dicranosterna
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Dicranoste...

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2 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 8 years ago

A nice series and sharp photos too.
There are a few of these around this year :?)

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 8 years ago

Its so good when they want to model :) nice looking beetle.

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Dec 14, 2014
Submitted on Dec 14, 2014

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