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Paropsisterna crocata
This crisp clean beetle is an early surprise to welcome spring. Its porcelain like surface is unique among leaf beetles and the random dotting is aligned into rows for all other species.
Found on stringybark sapling.
Crocata (L) = saffron (yellow) comes in green or pinkish https://sites.google.com/site/paropsiste...
Spotted on Aug 24, 2015
Submitted on Aug 24, 2015
3 Comments
Thanks Sergio
Thanks Mark.
The black and spotted ones overwinter under bark.
I do not know the habits and seasons for this one but was certainly seems too early.
An early one. Nice shots. So smooth.
Very nice beetle.