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Cryptocephalinae?

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A very small leaf beetle about 6mm long. Red colouring through the elytra. Eyes curved.

Habitat:

Under mercury vapour lamps at a local car yard. This one was on a Mazda :-)

Notes:

Yet to search for species... Cryptocephalinae are the 'case bearing' leaf beetles... http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_leafbeetles/Cryptocephalinae.htm

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
MartinL
Some of these seem to have partially bent eyes but its hard to find a photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/48889105167@N01/6330394934 http://www.flickr.com/photos/44150996@N06/9543673360 http://www.flickr.com/photos/89374715@N00/6339666920 http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_leafbeetles/Cryptocephalinae.htm
Mark Ridgway
Thanks for that Martin. Rotten photos unfortunately. Did you notice the 'sculptured' eyes? I've also got what looks like a leaf beetle with bent eyes. I thought they all had cute round ones. I suppose the eyes don't wrap around the antennae like in the longicorns.
MartinL
I see what you mean by longicorn but this is one of the cylinder leaf beetles They pupate on the ground in a case made of soil and twigs. Yours is nicely ribbed. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8322758 http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/20763044

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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013

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