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Leaf Beetle

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Field Notes

Description:

Length approx. 6mm

Habitat:

Found on a Eucalypt sappling

Species ID Suggestions

Flower Scarab

Phyllotocus sp.

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Comments (2)
MartinL
What a great photo, It seems to have outgrown its jacket. Leaf beetles (chrysomelidae) have eleven antennae segments and are always filamentous. These antenna terminate in a group of laminate plates, three, I think, that often look cute. This is in the group with chafer beetles
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PublishedApril 13, 2014

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