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Subfamily Chrysomelinae, FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Aerarium Leaf Beetles
that we found in the
Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body length
16mm
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- We saw this Leaf Beetle on gum leaf in Karawatha Forest during
mid-summer. This is the largest leaf beetle we ever found.
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beetle was shiny reddish-brown in colour with dark brown strips. It did not
try to escape from our disturb, not fly away nor drop to ground as other leaf
beetles often do.
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- In a rainy summer day, we found another Aerarium Leaf Beetle
resting on gum leaf with antenna and legs under covered, seemed it was
sleeping. When we disturbed it, it walked away slowly. It seemed quite
tolerant to our approaching.
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found only one beetle on the host plant. We look around and could not find any
larvae or eggs neither. For other leaf beetle species, such as the Variole Paropsine
Beetle and the Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle,
we sometimes find many adults, larvae and eggs on the same plants.
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- The
beetle's case was so shiny that you can see me holding the camera in the
reflection.
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The food plant
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beetle was found on a medium size Stringy Bark Gum tree. No other adults or
larvae were found on the same tree.
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