Monolepta australis
Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle at Bungendore, NSW
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| Monolepta juno | clarehoneydove | 18 Jan 2025 | |
| Monolepta australis | MichaelMulvaney | 9 Jan 2025 | |
| Monolepta australis | clarehoneydove | 9 Jan 2025 |
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8 comments
9 Jan 2025
I don't think this is monlepta australis - used to have them in huge numbers in Qld and the "red shoulder" is quite pronounced.
18 Jan 2025
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2a75a474-7d7c-4b11-830f-fd81f8e0dd1e
18 Jan 2025
@DianneClarke do you think it might even be that the other few sightings in M. Australis here are also M. Juno?
18 Jan 2025
@clarehoneydove I had a quick look this morning and I think they are M. juno which I hadn't seen as a live specimen until a few nights ago and once seen, they are easy to differentiate.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.438894-35.287404
- Altitude 732.0m
- Maps Turallo Nature Reserve
- Places Bungendore, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Jan 2025 02:41 PM Recorded on
- clarehoneydove Recorded by
- Eucalypt Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- clarehoneydove NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Monolepta australis Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Monolepta australis Scientific name
- Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 732m Recorded at altitude
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