Eucalyptus leaf beetle at Black Range, NSW
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User's notes
Darker form of button beetle (paropsisterna or dicranosterna) like that of an earlier post (4257741). Bad photo, I'm sorry. Can't get them to stay still.
8 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
16 May 2020
You could chuck them in the fridge for a little while to make them more cooperative! Then get them from a few angles.
StephH
wrote:
28 May 2020
Found what I think is this beetle on the ALA: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1fe08a27-87a2-48b1-8582-6662e64681a0.
JackieMiles
wrote:
28 May 2020
Certainly looks pretty good, although the 8 markings are not so obvious on your animal. I think that was the most similar thing on CNM. But I'd like to have Kim check it.
KimPullen
wrote:
29 May 2020
Yes I think this is Paropsisterna octosignata. The second image seems to show a tinge of red on the sides of the pronotum, which is not typical of that species, as stated at https://sites.google.com/site/paropsisternablackpages/paropsisterna-octosignata. However that same website shows a Victorian individual that does have a red-margined pronotum.
JackieMiles
wrote:
30 May 2020
OK, thanks Kim. I've added the species to our list and confirmed it, and put this image up in the field guide pages.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.846779-36.732443
- Places Black Range, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 May 2020 07:28 AM Recorded on
- StephH Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) StephH
Species information
- Paropsisterna octosignata Scientific name
- Eucalyptus leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 960.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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