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Faex sp.
A medium size honey colored leaf beetle with irregular dark lines on the elytra. This belongs to a small genus of leaf beetles distinguished by enlarged leg joints.
On eucalypt in a nature reserve. Bunyip NP.
Faex refers to faeces and is the singular form of term. Some beetles cover their eggs in faeces or maybe someone thought it looks like rabbit droppings. Who knows?
Spotted on Sep 1, 2014
Submitted on Sep 4, 2014
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Thanks for your faves.
This is the only example of Faex sp. on the PN database.