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Spotting

Description:

Tortoise leaf beetle, of course but what species? Paropsis? There's a smaller black one, but this is as big as P. atomaria!! Tips of toes are white.

Habitat:

On Eucalyptus

Notes:

Tortoise beetle #7 A very windy day so pics are bad. I collected her to check the egg laying pattern - assuming a female.

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1 Comment

MartinL
MartinL 12 years ago

This looks like this one
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Shiny Dark-brown Leaf Beetle - Paropsisterna sp.

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Nov 29, 2011
Submitted on Nov 29, 2011

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