Paropsis pictipennis | Project Noah

Photo by Mark Ridgway

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Field Notes

Description:

About 10mm long found on ?Kunzea sp. (celebrating Spring)

Habitat:

In an outer urban nature reserve with a sparse mix of grasses, small eucalyptus, acacia, kunzea, pomaderris and others.

Notes:

Painted leaf beetle. Peter Chew has Tea Tree Leaf Beetle - Paropsis pictipennis (Procrisina pictipennis) <br> http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_leafbeetles/TeaTreeLeafBeetle.h… <br>

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:99…

Reference Links:

Paropsis pictipennis - Information on Paropsis pictipennis, Tea Tree Leaf Beetle - Paropsis pictipennis (Procrisina pictipennis)

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:) Yep it's time to look up a bit higher now.

Very "Spring" looking couple :)

Photographed

September 22, 2014

PublishedSeptember 22, 2014

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