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Paropsis variolosa
Body length 12mm. Those beetle adults and larvae feed on Eucalyptus tree leaves. They are beautiful golden brown colour with yellow dots, round convex in shape.
Spotted on Apr 10, 2013
Submitted on Apr 10, 2013
15 Comments
Can I ask if all these images were taken of the same individual... only the colour seems to vary between images. I captured an image of a Paropsis this morning and it was definitely red rather than brown and more inline with your first image. These beetles have an interesting ability to stow their antennae.
Thanks ceci1
Thanks Jolly
VERY NICE COLORS
:)
Absolutely marvelous creature!
Very very cute!
Wow
Beautiful :)
Wonderful!!!
Added photo
Thanks Rieko
Nice series.
Thanks for your help Martin, now corrected
We have Eucalyptus trees of several species introduced into California and Mexico - and no accompanying insect fauna. You have such neat creatures that have evolved with those trees.
This is a nice species that I haven't seen down south. Your feature pic is a different species from the others in the set, P. atomaria
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/815...
The black scutellum is diagnostic for P. variolosa http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/Evo...