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Peltoschema orphana

Peltoschema orphana

Description:

About 10mm long found exploring the leaves of Acacia longifolia.

Habitat:

In an outer urban nature reserve with a sparse mix of grasses, small eucalyptus, acacia, kunzea, pomaderris and others.

Notes:

Fireblight beetle
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Peltoschem...
Acacia longifolia contains DMT (dimethyltriptamine)

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4 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 9 years ago

I like its glassy look.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Sorry PutkovAlexander. A slip of the mouse. Done.

PutkovAlexander
PutkovAlexander 9 years ago

Please remove that organism from the Entheogens Mission to avoid confusion.
The beetle do not contains any DMT only the leaves in the background.

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 9 years ago

Good looking specimen , nice shots !

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Sep 22, 2014
Submitted on Sep 22, 2014

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