Peltoschema hamadryas
Hamadryas leaf beetle at Undefined Area
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| Peltoschema hamadryas | KimberiRP | 24 May 2024 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 24 May 2024 |
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Apologies for quality of photos. I'm intrigued as to what this is?
2 comments
24 May 2024
Peltoschema hamadryas usually has predominantly yellow elytra, with black spots. This dark variant is much less common.
25 May 2024
@KimberiRP Kim, There were quite a few of the black ones mixed with the more common, at the back of Hawker College last year.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.103679-35.327082
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 May 2024 12:46 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
- Wattle Associated animal
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Peltoschema hamadryas Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Peltoschema hamadryas Scientific name
- Hamadryas leaf beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1681.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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