Case-bearing Leaf Beetle
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Flea Beetle (Aporocera sp ES01)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Flea Beetle (Aporocera sp ES01)
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Thank you Boris Büche for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
We thought this might have been A. viridipennis, but Boris kindly lifted the id to genus saying "Legs and muzzle dark"
Copyright © 2012-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 06-Oct-2012
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.