Beetles (Coleoptera)
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AlisonMilton
wrote:
3 hrs ago
@HelenCross Surpised to find them in suburbia on Belconnen Way
Melobasis obscurella
HelenCross
wrote:
8 hrs ago
Looks like this is the first record for this season!
Melobasis obscurella
WendyEM
wrote:
7 Sep 2025
This one is Chloroclystis sp. It is not as dumpy and spiky as the beetle larvae. In the 2nd shot the caterpillar is hanging on with its anal claspers which the beetle larvae don't have. The leaf beetles ( Sighting 4691748 ) were by-catch or co-habitants on the food plant
Peltoschema hamadryas
AlisonMilton
wrote:
7 Sep 2025
@WendyEM @Hejor1 @DiBickers Peltoschema hamadryas would make sense as I had many of these still on my Queensland Silver Wattle even throughout winter. I now have so many larvae falling into the bird bath under the tree that I had to empty it rather than saving caterpillars every morning.
Peltoschema hamadryas
Significant sightings
- Australoneda bourgeoisi at Nimbin, NSW
- Aporocera rufescens at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
- Araiorrhinus howittii at Melba, ACT
- Atesta chiangi at Melba, ACT
- Chlorobapta bestii at Oallen, NSW
- Paraschizognathus elgatus at Falls Creek, VIC
- Temognatha thoracica at Cook, ACT
- Tragocerus spencii at Wyanbene, NSW
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- Calligrapha bicolorata at Shark Creek, NSW
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