Scat-mimicking Leaf Beetle
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Ellura
Tortoise Beetle
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Scat-mimicking Leaf Beetle (Faex aemula)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Scat-mimicking Leaf Beetle (Faex aemula)
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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
~5mm long

Copyright © 2022-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 09-Nov-2022
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.