A Tortoise Beetle (Two Macro Photos)

in #nature7 years ago

A lot of beetles have visited my moth light recently. This one is one of the Tortoise beetles which belong to the family Chrysomelidae and the genus Paropsis. It's name is P. tasmanica. There does not appear to be a common name for it so perhaps we can call it the Tasmanian Tortoise beetle as it seems to be mostly confined to Tasmania ( I did come across one apparent record on the Australian mainland).

I took the photos with a Canon 7D and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro lens. I used some white paper towel as the background which made it easy to isolate the beetle later.

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( All photos, videos, and text on this blog are by @mostly.nature )

Insects Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Paropsis tasmanica n2 16mm MV BY Tas 2017-11-17.jpg

Insects Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Paropsis tasmanica n1 16mm MV BY Tas 2017-11-17.jpg

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More.ants please!!!

Will try to do so in the not too distant future :-)

Wery nice photo!
I like your Photos!

Thanks very much!

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