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Gyascutus caelatus
About 30-35 millimeters in length, colored as shown. The yellow is a dusty coating that rubs off easily such that many preserved specimens do not display the color pattern of the live animal.
Found in an acacia along a roadside in an urban-industrial neighborhood. It would be a "waste place" in the vocabulary of urban naturalists.
This is generally a very wary, quick-to-fly species, but this specimen was highly cooperative, intent on feeding on the foliage of its host.
Spotted on Sep 23, 2010
Submitted on Jan 6, 2014
2 Comments
Thank you, Tom!
Nice find and great pics Eric!