Paropsisterna cloelia

Eucalyptus variegated beetle at Emu Creek

Paropsisterna cloelia at Emu Creek - 5 Jan 2024
Paropsisterna cloelia at Emu Creek - 5 Jan 2024
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Identification history

Paropsisterna cloelia 5 Jan 2024 AlisonMilton
Paropsis (paropsine) genus-group 5 Jan 2024 JohnGiacon

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There seem to be a number of species. It was cool and the beetles were between 2 leaves that had been joined together.

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Heliocosma (genus - immature) (A tortrix or leafroller moth) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus) (Halictid bee) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Cylindromyia sp. (genus) (Bristle fly) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Villa sp. (genus) (Unidentified Villa bee fly) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Taractrocera papyria (White-banded Grass-dart) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Metura elongatus (Saunders' case moth) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Dindymus versicolor (Harlequin Bug) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Austrotephritis poenia (Australian Fruit Fly) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Mutusca brevicornis (A broad-headed bug) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Apis mellifera (European honey bee) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Camponotus suffusus (Golden-tailed sugar ant) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Lasioglossum sp. (genus) (Furrow Bee) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 3 Feb 2024 by JohnGiacon
Cacatua galerita (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 28 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Coccoidea (superfamily) (Mealy bug or scale insect) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 28 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Caedicia simplex (Common Garden Katydid) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 28 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Ischnura aurora (Aurora Bluetail) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 28 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Doratifera quadriguttata (Four-spotted Cup Moth) at Emu Creek - 27 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Digitaria sanguinalis (Summer Grass) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 25 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Trametes sp. at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 25 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Myrmecia pyriformis (A Bull ant) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 25 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Rhytidoponera metallica (Greenhead ant) at Belconnen, ACT - 25 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Teleogryllus commodus (Black Field Cricket) at Emu Creek - 25 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Sporobolus africanus (Parramatta Grass, Rat's Tail Grass) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 24 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Neosparassus calligaster (Beautiful Badge Huntsman) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 24 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Phalaenoides tristifica (Willow-herb Day-moth) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 23 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Tenodera australasiae (Purple-winged mantid) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 23 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Diplopoda (class) (Unidentified millipede) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 22 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Cornu aspersum (Common Garden Snail) at Emu Creek - 22 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Galanga labeculata (Double-spotted cicada) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 22 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Nymphes myrmeleonoides (Blue eyes lacewing) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 22 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth) at Emu Creek - 18 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Dindymus versicolor (Harlequin Bug) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 18 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Gonipterus scutellatus (Eucalyptus snout beetle, gum tree weevil) at Emu Creek - 18 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Aporocera (Aporocera) scabrosa (Leaf beetle) at Emu Creek - 18 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Paropsisterna m-fuscum (Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle) at Emu Creek - 18 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Theridion pyramidale (Tangle-web spider) at Emu Creek - 18 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Harmonia conformis (Common Spotted Ladybird) at Emu Creek - 18 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Russula sp. (genus) (Russula) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 18 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Cylindromyia sp. (genus) (Bristle fly) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 17 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Emu Creek - 17 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Epicoma melanosticta (Common Epicoma) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 17 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Diplacodes bipunctata (Wandering Percher) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 17 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Junonia villida (Meadow Argus) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 17 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Zizina otis (Common Grass-Blue) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 17 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus) (Halictid bee) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 17 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth) at Emu Creek - 17 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Belconnen, ACT - 17 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Ocybadistes walkeri (Green Grass-dart) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 17 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Setaria parviflora (Slender Pigeon Grass) at Belconnen, ACT - 15 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Gonipterus scutellatus (Eucalyptus snout beetle, gum tree weevil) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 15 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Runcinia acuminata (Pointy Crab Spider) at Emu Creek - 15 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Cermatulus nasalis (Predatory shield bug, Glossy shield bug) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 5 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Aporocera (Aporocera) erosa (A leaf beetle) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 5 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Amorbus alternatus (Eucalyptus Tip Bug) at Emu Creek - 5 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Uresiphita ornithopteralis (Tree Lucerne Moth) at Emu Creek - 2 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Leptospermum sp. (Tea Tree) at Emu Creek - 2 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Oxalis thompsoniae (Fluffy-fruit Wood-sorrel) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 2 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Acrida conica (Giant green slantface) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 2 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Paropsis atomaria (Eucalyptus leaf beetle) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 1 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Portulaca oleracea (Munyeroo ,Pigweed, Purslane) at Emu Creek - 1 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Eriococcus confusus (Gumtree scale) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 1 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Acacia parramattensis (Parramatta Green Wattle) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 1 Jan 2024 by JohnGiacon
Paropsisterna cloelia (Eucalyptus variegated beetle) at Emu Creek - 31 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Paropsis (paropsine) genus-group (Unidentified 'paropsine' leaf beetle) at Emu Creek - 31 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Paropsisterna m-fuscum (Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle) at Emu Creek - 31 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Harmonia conformis (Common Spotted Ladybird) at Emu Creek - 31 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Paropsisterna m-fuscum (Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle) at Emu Creek - 31 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Philagra sp. (genus) (A spittlebug) at Emu Creek - 31 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Paropsisterna fastidiosa (Eucalyptus leaf beetle) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 31 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Junonia villida (Meadow Argus) at Emu Creek - 30 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Cyperus eragrostis (Umbrella Sedge) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 30 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Setaria parviflora (Slender Pigeon Grass) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 30 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Araneus hamiltoni (Hamilton's Orb Weaver) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 30 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust, Thorny Locust) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Sporobolus africanus (Parramatta Grass, Rat's Tail Grass) at Emu Creek - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Austrolestes analis (Slender Ringtail) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Iridomyrmex purpureus (Meat Ant) at Emu Creek - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Laxta sp. (genus) (Bark cockroach) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Trigonothops sp. (genus) (Bark carab beetle) at Emu Creek - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth) at Emu Creek - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Ellipsidion australe (Austral Ellipsidion cockroach) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Anoplognathus sp. (genus) (Unidentified Christmas beetle) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Ambigolimax sp. (valentius and waterstoni) (Striped Field Slug) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 29 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Centaurium sp. (Centaury) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 23 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Platycercus eximius (Eastern Rosella) at Emu Creek - 23 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Cermatulus nasalis (Predatory shield bug, Glossy shield bug) at Emu Creek - 23 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Grallina cyanoleuca (Magpie-lark) at Emu Creek - 22 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Asilinae sp. (subfamily) (Unidentified asiline Robberfly) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 22 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Gymnorhina tibicen (Australian Magpie) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 22 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Amorbus sp. (genus) (Eucalyptus Tip bug) at Emu Creek - 22 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Paropsis atomaria (Eucalyptus leaf beetle) at Emu Creek - 22 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Iridomyrmex purpureus (Meat Ant) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 22 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Neorrhina punctata (Spotted flower chafer) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 22 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Microlaena stipoides (Weeping Grass) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 22 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Eucalyptus ovata subsp. ovata (swamp gum) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 21 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Phyllotocus navicularis (Nectar scarab) at Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor - 21 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha subsp. macrorhyncha (Red Stringybark) at Emu Creek Belconnen (ECB) - 21 Dec 2023 by JohnGiacon

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  • 5 Jan 2024 11:57 AM Recorded on
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  • other paropsines Associated Insect
  • Less than 5mm Animal size
  • Alive / healthy Animal health

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