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Paropsis maculata
This bright gold and red leaf beetle was well hidden on a dead gall on Eucalyptus.
On a young eucalyptus in state forest on an inspiring mountain climb (me, not him)
I did not expect to find this brightly colored species. It appears that 4 of 29 sightings in ALA occur in Victoria so we can expect to find more of these. http://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/s...
Spotted on Oct 4, 2013
Submitted on Oct 5, 2013
11 Comments
The Victorian one
Thanks for your coment Maria dB
Wonderful series of this colorful beetle!
This is a great season for wildlife Stephen. I have photographed over 50 of the 3000 different Australian species of Chrysomelidae so there's still a long way to go.
Very nice beetle!
Nice beetle, some good finds happening!
Thanks Mark.
This group has become my favorite
Excellent find. We must try some more of those areas on a good day.
Thanks Kerry
Thanks Bernadette
Beautiful colors!
Now that's a great looking beetle Martin!