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Field Notes

Description:

Tortoise leaf beetle, of course but what species? Paropsis?
There's a smaller black one, but this is as big as P. atomaria!!
Tips of toes are white.

Habitat:

On Eucalyptus

Notes:

Tortoise beetle #7
A very windy day so pics are bad. I collected her to check the egg laying pattern - assuming a female.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)

This looks like this one http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_leafbeetles/ShinyDarkBrown.htm Shiny Dark-brown Leaf Beetle - Paropsisterna sp.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2011

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