Insects
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
Sighting 4572593

Peltoschema hamadryas

Hamadryas leaf beetle at Undefined Area

Peltoschema hamadryas at Undefined Area - 24 May 2024 12:46 PM
Peltoschema hamadryas at Undefined Area - 24 May 2024 12:46 PM
Peltoschema hamadryas at Undefined Area - 24 May 2024 12:46 PM
Peltoschema hamadryas at Undefined Area - 24 May 2024 12:46 PM
Peltoschema hamadryas at Undefined Area - 24 May 2024 12:46 PM
Peltoschema hamadryas at Undefined Area - 24 May 2024 12:46 PM
Peltoschema hamadryas at Undefined Area - 24 May 2024 12:46 PM
Peltoschema hamadryas at Undefined Area - 24 May 2024 12:46 PM
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Peltoschema hamadryas 24 May 2024 KimberiRP
Unverified 24 May 2024 LisaH

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Apologies for quality of photos. I'm intrigued as to what this is?

2 comments

KimberiRP wrote:
   24 May 2024
Peltoschema hamadryas usually has predominantly yellow elytra, with black spots. This dark variant is much less common.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   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.

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  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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