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Identification history

Poneridia macdonaldi	30 Jun 2023	KimberiRP
Chrysomelidae sp. (family)	12 Jun 2023	owenh
Unidentified	5 Jun 2023	HelenCross

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7 comments

owenh wrote:

10 Jun 2023

Hi Helen, unfortunately not a butterfly caterpillar. Beetle larva?

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

10 Jun 2023

Yep a leaf beetle larvae @AlisonMilton do you know which one?

HelenCross wrote:

10 Jun 2023

Thanks Owen and Michael

AlisonMilton wrote:

12 Jun 2023

Not one I know, sorry.

RogerF wrote:

12 Jun 2023

Are you certain there are no prolegs?

KimberiRP wrote:

30 Jun 2023

I have collected adults of Poneridia macdonaldi on mistletoes parasitising euc's around Canberra, and this larva resembles those of the better-known Fig leaf beetle, Poneridia semipullata.

RogerF wrote:

30 Jun 2023

Good to have larva and adult images of this uncommon species

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1 Abundance
5 Jun 2023 01:59 PM Recorded on
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mistletoe Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size
Larvae Breeding behaviour

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