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Peltoschema orphana

Peltoschema orphana

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 10mm long found exploring the leaves of Acacia longifolia.

Habitat:

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

Notes:

Fireblight beetle <br> http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Peltoschema+orphana <br> Acacia longifolia contains DMT (dimethyltriptamine)

Reference Links:

Peltoschema orphana - Information on Peltoschema orphana, Peltoschema orphana / Observations / Thumbnails

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
Sorry PutkovAlexander. A slip of the mouse. Done.
PutkovAlexander
Please remove that organism from the Entheogens Mission to avoid confusion. The beetle do not contains any DMT only the leaves in the background.

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PublishedSeptember 22, 2014

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