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FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Dotted Paropsine
Leaf beetles that we found in the Brisbane area,
Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm
- We sometimes saw this beetle on gum leaf in Karawatha Forest during mid summer.
- Both adult and larval stages feed on eucalypt leaves. They feed on a wide
range of eucalypts.
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- Eggs, length 2mm
Just hatched.
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- The eggs are laid on young leaf or new stem. The eggs hatched and the
larvae feed on the new Eucalypt leave in group. The larvae are pale brown in
colour with black dots on body. Their heads and tails are black in colour.
They have there pairs of thoracic legs but no abdominal legs.
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- Group feeding
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- There are four larval instars. When larvae are mature, they drop to
the ground and pupate.
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