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Glorious winter leaf beetle

Paropsisterna annularis

Description:

A hungry leaf beetle with bright red and yellow colors is having a meal on a sunny winter day.

Habitat:

On red box gum in a nature reserve.

Notes:

The colors appear more bright during hibernation

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1 Comment

MartinL
MartinL 9 years ago

This is the bright form of what is probably the same beetle. I now think its correct name is Peropsisterna annularis

MartinL
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MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Aug 4, 2014
Submitted on Aug 5, 2014

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