Orange-marked Black Leaf Beetle
Ventral
Ellura
Maroon Eboo Beetle
S4, dorsal
 
                      
Maroon Eboo Beetle (Eboo sp ES01)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Maroon Eboo Beetle (Eboo sp ES01)
This Photo:     S2, dorsal

Thank you Dr Paul Whitington for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
~4mm long with a maroon metallic sheen to it's body & orange legs.

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 20-Nov-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.