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P charybdis (3 colours)

Paropsis charybdis

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Possibly Paropsis charybdis but this one has much stronger colours and maybe a slightly different profile - more of a hump at the rear. About 10mm long.

Habitat:

On a vehicle at a used car yard under very powerful night lights.

Notes:

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Paropsis+charybdis

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)
Mark Ridgway
Thanks peoples. Sergio there's a huge number of species that specialise on gum trees. I think we're just scratching the surface. Every time I try to ID one I learn about more to be found.
Mark Ridgway
Thanks Martin. If you're lucky the vehicles can give some excellent (albeit artificial) backgrounds. Looking forward to the results.
MartinL
Very nice Mark. I think I will need to do some night time tyre kicking too - they seem to like cars. I agree with your guess. Morwell link shows two different forms that they are calling P. charybdis and the second is certainly the same as yours. I've found several interesting insects yesterday and will show them in a few days when time permits. http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/show_species.cgi?find_this=Paropsis%20charybdis
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PublishedOctober 5, 2013

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