Blessed Leaf Beetle at Forde, ACT
Identification history
| Paropsisterna beata | 19 Feb 2023 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Nov 2020 | AlisonMilton |
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2 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
16 Dec 2020
This seems at odds with other larval examples of this beetle, but I collected this larvae at the Goorooyaroo bioblitz and it has today emerged as Paropsisterna beata. Separate posting to follow once I photograph and then release.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.180855-35.210152
- Altitude 666.3m
- Maps Goorooyarroo NR (ACT)
- Places Forde, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 7 Nov 2020 09:50 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
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
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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