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Leaf Beetle

Description:

subfamily; Galerucinae. tribe;Alticini The flea beetles have large femurs. Yes, they hop. This beetle is tiinee!!

Habitat:

Found in Wattle flowers

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6 Comments

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 8 years ago

Woah...so they're tiny! That makes these pics even more awesome Martin! Thank you for sharing :)

MartinL
MartinL 8 years ago

Yes, less than 3 mm

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

many species.. mostly 2-3mm.. some 1mm some 4mm

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 8 years ago

How big are these little dudes?

MartinL
MartinL 8 years ago

And beyond my natural; eyesight.
I have used additional lighting and diffuser for this one.
Surprising how much it helps.
And surprising how well yours come out sometimes, I wonder why I bother.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

Well done. They are beyond my camera technology.

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Sep 8, 2015
Submitted on Sep 8, 2015

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