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Cylinder leaf beetle

Chloroplisma viridis

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A small and highly metallic leaf beetle.
This beetle is sometimes very common.

Habitat:

On young eucalyptus sapling in recreational parkland.

Notes:

Undetermined species certainly Cryptocephalinae and may be Aprocera sp.
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniacoleoptera/suborder-poly…

Another darker beetle nearby looked similar and may be the other gender.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)

Chloroplisma viridis This ID from Chris Reid Thank you http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/7468

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