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Leaf Beetle

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

This looks like Chrysolina, a highly metallic and rotund leaf beetle

Habitat:

Feeding on Bursaria spinosa in a nature reserve along the yarra.

Notes:

Chrysolina is exotic for most species but I think this is native as it feeds on Bursaria. Chrysolina was introduced to control St Johns Wort (weed) but that is a different species
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/237646071

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Chrysolina

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
MartinL
Metallic Green Leaf Beetle - Callidemum sp. (?) http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_leafbeetles/Callidemum.htm

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PublishedAugust 30, 2014

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