Paropsis atomaria at Narrabarba, NSW

Paropsis atomaria

Eucalyptus leaf beetle at Narrabarba, NSW

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Identification history

	Paropsis atomaria	3 Jan 2021	KimPullen
	Unidentified	31 Dec 2020	KylieWaldon

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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.

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