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Fireblight beetle

Peltoschema orphana

Photo by CharliePrice
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Field Notes

Description:

green ...with a beautiful stripes of brown/bronze colour on white.

Habitat:

Second photo shows what type of flowering tree i found these on ..i think it's acacia .

Notes:

In yesterdays spotting i found some with no green ..today green ...same species :) Thanks to Mark and Martin :)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
CharliePrice
Yes it does Martin ...the none green ones although i accept they are the same ..it just doesn't sit right ...who knows one day it may just have a new species name ..and we can say we remember when :)
MartinL
That feels better, doesn't it!!?

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PublishedNovember 16, 2014

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