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creatureimages · 4 months

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paropsina my beloved

#eucalyptus leaf beetle #beetle #coleoptera #chrysomelidae #paropsina #paropsis #paropsisterna #leaf beetle #the mimicry that goes on between paropsisterna species is beyond my comprehension

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skydarcyedwards · 1 year

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Photobombing.

Beetle, probably Paropsisterna (maybe Paropsisterna nigerrima but beetles are difficult), and a millipede (probably the invasive Ommatoiulus moreleti or Portuguese millipede), just wandering through.

Canon 60D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro

Custom flash diffuser

#macro #insect macro #macro photography #millipedes #myriapods #myriapoda #paropsisterna #wildlife #western australia

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onenicebugperday · 1 year

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Leaf beetle, Paropsisterna fastidiosa, Chrysomelidae

Found in Australia

Photos 1-5 (female laying eggs) by debtaylor142 and 6-7 by gibbergavin

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #beetle #leaf beetle #Paropsisterna fastidiosa #eggs #one nice bug #your honor i love her!!!#lil egg conveyor belt

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rattyexplores · 6 months

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Shiny Leaf Beetle

Paropsisterna gloriosa

24/03/23 - NSW, Dapto

#invertebrates #invertblr #Arthropods #Arthropoda #bugs tw #insects #insect #insecta #insectblr #insects tw #bugs #bugblr #bug #entomology #Paropsisterna gloriosa #Chrysomelidae #Leaf Beetles #Coleoptera #Beetles

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wikimediauncommons · 3 months

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file: Paropsisterna Ch8MtLofty (3).jpg

#animal #organism #mod 2 favs

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drhoz · 4 years

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#1649 - Paropsisterna galatea

Another Paropsine Leaf Beetle, found by me in a teatree bush next to an urban lake here in Perth.

P. galatea is one of the few Paropsine Leaf Beetles that don’t eat Eucalyptus - its diet is exclusively Leptospermum, as does P. obliterata, some Paropsides and two Paropsis. There’s also a few species where the diet isn’t eucalyptus, but wasn’t identified when the insect was collected.

#paropsisterna #paropsine leaf beetle #leaf beetle #chrysomelidae #australian beetle

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janking-stuff · 4 years

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Red-white leaf beetle Paropsisterna sp. (at Moggill, Queensland, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDhiReBAj18/?igshid=1e68x5h346nj4

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deakin-environment · 6 years

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Leaf beetles are out and about at the moment. This one from suburban Melbourne last night. Possibly Paropsisterna crocata. . . . #macrophotography #wildlife #photography #photooftheday http://ift.tt/2DEJWjX

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desimonewayland · 7 years

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Paropsisterna obovata, Leaf Beetle

Photograph David Paul

Museum Victoria, Carlton, Australia

#australia #beetle #insect

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libutron · 9 years

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Leaf beetle - Paropsisterna semivittata

Paropsisterna semivittata (Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae) is a delightfully bright leaf beetle with red/orange colors toward the front and transitioning to green/yellow toward the apex. This very clean patterned beetle uniquely has two silver lateral stripes reaching just short of each end and a similarly marked suture.

Photo credit: ©Martin L. | Locality: Victoria, Australia (2015)

#nature #animals #leaf beetle #paropsisterna semivittata #paropsisterna #australia #fauna #beetle #arthropoda #coleoptera #chrysomelidae #orange #zoology #entomology #original

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rattyexplores · 9 months

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Big Beetle Hoard

Though they look like it, these are not ladybugs. They're leaf beetles.

Paropsisterna sexpustulata

22/03/23

#Paropsisterna sexpustulata #Eight-spotted Leaf Beetle #Coleoptera #Beetles #Chrysomelidae #Leaf Beetles #invertblr #invertebrates #Arthropods #Arthropoda #bugs #bugblr #bugs tw #insects #insecta #insectblr #entomology

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onenicebugperday · 2 years

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@sgnjreltwo4i2p3oqer98765oiuhyg submtited: Who is she?? My best guess is an Ashy Gray Lady Beetle, but this lady’s spots are very faint. Photos from early June in the San Joaquin Valley.

What a lovely and delicate pal! After staring at them for a bit I’ve decided they don’t look like a lady beetle at all but rather a leaf beetle in Chrysomelidae - the antennae and very faint striping on the elytra gave it away. Specifically it looks like a eucalyptus leaf beetle, Paropsisterna m-fuscum :)

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #beetle #leaf beetle #eucalyptus leaf beetle

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drhoz · 4 years

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#1645 - Paropsisterna bimaculata

Bonus thrips on top of the stack.

Photo by Brendan Costello, but they didn’t say where. It might have been Victoria, where it is rare, or more likely Tasmania, where it is common. The species is best known for gathering into swarms by the millions and flying out into the ocean, only to wash up again on the beachs.

#paropsisterna #paropsine leaf beetle #chrysomelidae #leaf beetle #australian beetle

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drhoz · 4 years

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#1642 - Paropsisterna cloelia

Found by me, down near Dunsborough, in the SW of Western Australia. There was also a red one, which may or may not have been the same species, but it fell off the Eucalypt before I could photograph it.

Another one of Australia’s many Paropsine Leaf Beetles, and similar to P. variicollis which is found across much of the country.

#paropsine leaf beetle #paropsisterna #leaf beetle #chrysomelidae #australian beetle

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drhoz · 4 years

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#1647 - Paropsisterna nigerrima

Found by me down in Picton, in the SW corner of the country, by also found in the rest of the wetter parts of the country.

Another species of Paropsine Leaf Beetle that may be entirely black, but can also be black with brown spots as here, black with brown stripes, black with a combination of stripes and spots, or reddish brown with a black head. The variability might be mimicry of common species in their locality such, but since they’re nocturnal and hide during daylight, and they don’t seem to have chemical defenses beyond the eucalyptus diet of most Paropsines, it’s not clear what advantage would be gained.

#paropsine Leaf Beetle #leaf beetle #chrysomelidae #paropsisterna #australian beetle

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drhoz · 4 years

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#1646 - Paropsisterna erudita

Photo by Katelyn O'Meara‎ in Warrandyte, Victoria.

Another Paropsine Leaf Beetle, most endemic to Victoria, but sometimes found north of that in the Australian Capital Territory, where they are often entirely black.

#paropsisterna #paropsine leaf beetle #leaf beetle #australian beetle #chrysomelidae

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