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Paropsis obsoleta
A small convex beetle with alternate red and blue transverse bands.
Feeding on eucalyptus
Specimen found and provided by Christiane. Specimens and field data are being gathered for a more comprehensive study of this genus and will be presented on the following website https://sites.google.com/site/paropsispa...
Spotted on Jan 28, 2015
Submitted on Jan 28, 2015
5 Comments
Thanks Leuba. It might be painful but the pitting is very useful to assist in finding ID. Thank you Mark.
Ahhh... very nice.
Wonderful looking beetle although the pitting looks painful !
Thank you James
Wonderful