Peltoschema hamadryas

Hamadryas leaf beetle at GG202

Peltoschema hamadryas at GG202 - 24 May 2024
Peltoschema hamadryas at GG202 - 24 May 2024
Peltoschema hamadryas at GG202 - 24 May 2024
Peltoschema hamadryas at GG202 - 24 May 2024
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Identification history

Peltoschema hamadryas 24 May 2024 KimberiRP
Unidentified 24 May 2024 LisaH

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

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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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