Blessed Leaf Beetle at Wamboin, NSW
Identification history
| Paropsisterna beata | 22 Apr 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Orcus australasiae | 22 Apr 2019 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Orcus australasiae | 22 Apr 2019 | natureguy |
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User's notes
This one was a lot larger than others I've seen.
2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
23 Apr 2019
The long, thin antennae rule out a ladybird. Paropsisterna beata is considerably larger than any ladybird in our region, although there are other local leaf beetles that are ladybird-sized.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.273928-35.254576
- Places Wamboin, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 15 Dec 2018 01:28 PM Recorded on
- natureguy Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Paropsisterna beata Scientific name
- Blessed Leaf Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 829m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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