Alticini (tribe)
Unidentified flea beetle at Downer, ACT
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| Alticini (tribe) | KimPullen | 27 May 2021 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 26 May 2021 |
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User's notes
Unsure what this 3mm long insect is. It was very active and appeared quite ungainly as it worked its way up a tree trunk, with its relatively large rear legs protruding out sideways.
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27 May 2021
Flea beetles are prodigious leapers. The hind femora (thigh segments of the legs) house the muscles that power these leaps.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.104763-35.273110
- Altitude 668.9m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 May 2021 11:37 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Alticini (tribe) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Alticini (tribe) Scientific name
- Unidentified flea beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1599m Recorded at altitude
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7 / 7
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