Eucalyptus leaf beetle at Dunlop, ACT
Identification history
| Paropsis atomaria | 13 Feb 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Paropsis atomaria | 11 Feb 2019 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Paropsini sp. (tribe) | 14 Jan 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Unidentified | 13 Jan 2019 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
I took some caterpillars home and they emerged as photos 2 & 3 (four beetles). I released them back where I collected them (photo 4). Also found four more beetles with stronger colouring. At first I didn't see any other beetles on the tree and only noticed them after I had released my beetles. They were then quite active and one studiously made its way over and inspected two of the released beetles, climbing onto them then moving on. A male looking for females? Amazing that it could sense new arrivals from a distances of about two feet.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.034783-35.258805
- Altitude 748.2m
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 50 Abundance
- 10 Feb 2019 10:19 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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
- Machine learning
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