A leaf beetle at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Peltoschema mansueta | 31 Jan 2023 | KimberiRP | ||
| Unidentified | 1 Jan 2023 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
It was hard to see whether it was eating the flower but I have seen several of these in the same flower circumstance so it is likely that feeding is occurring.
3 comments
KimberiRP
wrote:
31 Jan 2023
The markings look distinctive, but without seeing any detail of the structure I can't start to identify it. If there are any of the beetles still around, I'd like to see images of the head and pronotum, legs, antennae, etc.
ConBoekel
wrote:
31 Jan 2023
Unfortunately they all embedded themselves to hide those characteristics. There are none around ATM - possibly tightly linked to acacia flowering which is all but over in Dryandra Street Woodland.
KimberiRP
wrote:
31 Jan 2023
Problem solved! You had another image of the same insect with more detail visible.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.111935-35.262945
- Altitude 620.8m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Dec 2022 02:29 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera)
Additional information
- Acacia sp Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Peltoschema mansueta Scientific name
- A leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 660.96m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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