Paropsisterna
A leaf beetle at O'Connor, ACT
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| Paropsisterna | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| Paropsisterna m-fuscum | donhe | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 6 Dec 2022 |
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6 comments
6 Dec 2022
Can you take a lateral view of the whole animal to show the prolegs, to narrow down the family?
6 Dec 2022
On average: caterpillars walk at about 1 mm/second = 3.6 metres/hour or about 100 metres a day, so you need to examine all the foliage of all the plants in a 100 metre radius circle around where you first found it if you return a day later to look for it.
6 Dec 2022
The caterpillars are known for only about 7% of Australian moth species. so about 93% of the time you need to take larvae into protective custody and rear them to the adult moth to identify their species.
5 Aug 2024
This is a Leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae) of genus Paropsisterna, probably P. m-fuscum.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.106830-35.259957
- Altitude 620.8m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- 4 Dec 2022 11:55 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- Eucalyptus sp Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Paropsisterna sp. (genus) Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Paropsisterna Scientific name
- A leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1782.97m Recorded at altitude
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