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Tortoise leaf beetle

Paropsisterna variicollis

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

This uncommon dark form was thought to be male. This appears to be female. The dark color form would appear to occur in both genders.

Notes:

I spotted three dark forms on this tree. One was mating with a normally colored male but they dropped before my photo. This confirms their species and female gender of the dark ones.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38627289

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
MartinL
Thanks Mark. Yes, the species and gender is quite certain
Mark Ridgway
Pic2 is fairly good evidence. Colour varies like humans then :-)

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PublishedSeptember 24, 2013

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