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Paropsisterna vittipennis
Very handsome, large leaf beetle about 14mm long. Very shiny and black with bright red longitudinal lines. Some lines are discontinuous and display slight waviness. Other specimens I has found have the lines fully continuous... not sure what that means.
Usually on eucalyptus but this one was on a wall at night at the local school; probably drawn there by the bright lights.
Spotted on Sep 4, 2013
Submitted on Sep 6, 2013
3 Comments
Nice beetle
There is a wide range of Chrysomelidae observed already in Victoria.
Stay tuned for a great season.
I've seen one similar and you may want to check my reference to the Morwell NP site which has shorter lateral lines like yours.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/799...
http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/sh...
Quite a stylish beetle! Nice series, Mark.
nice one! You Australians are blessed with Beetles.