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Tortoise leaf beetle
Paropsisterna variicollis
-37.4867, 144.59
Field Notes
Description:
This variable leaf beetle can be red, green, yellow, brown or entirely black.
They usually have two circular marks on either side of the centre line on the pronotum. They usually have strong spotting along the puncturation striae on the disc of the elytra.
Habitat:
On manna gum along roadside
Notes:
A common beetle but hard to resist offering another photo.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 6, 2014
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