Paropsisterna cloelia

Eucalyptus variegated beetle at Woodstock Nature Reserve

Paropsisterna cloelia at Woodstock Nature Reserve - 1 Jan 2024
Paropsisterna cloelia at Woodstock Nature Reserve - 1 Jan 2024
Paropsisterna cloelia at Woodstock Nature Reserve - 1 Jan 2024
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Identification history

Paropsisterna cloelia 1 Jan 2024 AlisonMilton
Paropsisterna cloelia 1 Jan 2024 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 1 Jan 2024 Thurstan

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do the larvae (and the eggs we saw) belong to the adults?

3 comments

   1 Jan 2024
No the Larvae are of the skeltoning moth Uraba lugens.
Thurstan wrote:
   1 Jan 2024
thank you MichaelMulvaney
AlisonMilton wrote:
   1 Jan 2024
@Thurstan Can you please remove the photo of the larvae and post separately. Thanks

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  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 1 Jan 2024 10:42 AM Recorded on
  • Thurstan Recorded by

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  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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