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Tortoise leaf beetle

Paropsisterna variicollis

Description:

This uncommon dark form was thought to be male. This appears to be female. The dark color form would appear to occur in both genders.

Notes:

I spotted three dark forms on this tree. One was mating with a normally colored male but they dropped before my photo. This confirms their species and female gender of the dark ones. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/386...

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2 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Thanks Mark. Yes, the species and gender is quite certain

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Pic2 is fairly good evidence. Colour varies like humans then :-)

MartinL
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MartinL

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Sep 24, 2013
Submitted on Sep 24, 2013

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