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Acacia leaf beetle larva

Dicranosterna immaculata

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Tiny spotty balloon on legs looks almost ready to become an adult leaf beetle. About 7mm long. The only other species (many adults) on this tree were Peltoschema orphana.

Habitat:

On Acacia dealbata in a local nature reserve. Glenfern Valley.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)

Thanks Martin. There were actually a couple of D immaculata adults on other plants in the area.
Mark, I have pondered your beetle larva and decided I was wrong to call it calomela. Dicranosterna immaculata is also a bipinnate acacia feeder. It has spotted globular larvae which I have seen several times. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/42736209 http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/47634 This larva would have been a bit larger than any Calomela.
The globular larvae are calomela and my images might be differen species or early instars. https://sites.google.com/site/calomelagallery/calomela-parilis And the Peltoschema larvae are larviform. https://sites.google.com/site/peltoschemagallery/peltoschema-orphana

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