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flea beetle

Arsipoda sp.

Description:

Small shiny beetles decimating the leaves of a kangaroo apple plant. They flick away like a flea when you get too close, they'e gone.

Notes:

The last photo of the flower is to identify the plant. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/789... The flea beetle attacked this plant but no others.

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MartinL
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MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Sep 18, 2012
Submitted on Sep 18, 2012

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