Variable Leaf Beetle: Suction Pads

Variable Leaf Beetle (Paropsisterna variabilis)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Variable Leaf Beetle (Paropsisterna variabilis)

This Photo:

🔍Suction Pads🔎

Thank you Martin Lagerwey for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~10 mm long.
All leaf beetles have "suction" pads on the bottom of their legs/feet. To help hold onto slippery leaves. Were were able to show this here.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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