Eucalyptus leaf beetle at Narrabarba, NSW
Identification history
| Paropsis atomaria | 3 Jan 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 31 Dec 2020 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
I think these beetles were responsible for alot of the strangely shaped leaves on regrowth gum trees. Made them look like a new species of gum trees.
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JackieMiles
wrote:
3 Jan 2021
This species of leaf beetle must be having quite a population explosion after the fires. We've photographed it on a few stripped looking eucalypt saplings or coppice regrowth on burnt trunks. So far the cause of the damage has all been this one species by our observations. The last lot I saw had quite a lot of eggs laid on the back of the larvae, which I assume would be a parasitic wasp, so it looks like the animals that "prey" on them are also on the increase now.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.821435-37.193573
- Maps East Boyd State Forest
- Places Narrabarba, NSW
Sighting information
- 80 Abundance
- 30 Dec 2020 12:40 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) KylieWaldon South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Paropsis atomaria Scientific name
- Eucalyptus leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1600.81m Recorded at altitude
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