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eucalyptus leaf beetle eggs
Paropsisterna variicollis
-37.896, 145.314
Field Notes
Description:
A stacked row of tiny yellow capsules, each about 2 mm long on a gum leaf. The mother leaf beetle was seen munching on a neighbouring leaf.
Habitat:
Eucalyptus tree - suburban area.
Notes:
larvae hatching out of these eggs would look like :
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15139086
The eggs of Paropsisterna leaf beetle are laid differently to the other common Chrysomelid beetle species Paropsis, which lays them around the stem in rings as in this spotting:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15148055
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2013
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