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FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
- This page contains pictures and information about
Leaf beetles in subfamily Cryptocephalinae that we found in the Brisbane area,
Queensland, Australia.
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- Adult females in this subfamily coat their eggs individually in faecal
material and the larvae are obligate case-bearers. When the larvae hatch
from the eggs, they open the roof of the egg case. then extend their head
and legs from the opening, flip the case over their back and crawl away.
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- Orange-black Leaf Cylinder Beetle
 - Aporocera speciosa,
body length
8mm
- We found this Leaf Beetle once on a She-oak (Casuarina sp.)
in Wishart during mid summer. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Iridescent Leaf Cylinder Beetle
 - Aporocera iridipennis, body length 6mm
We saw this beetle (first photo) in Karawatha Park. It flied away after we took the above photo. Its body is bright orange-red in colour, covered by the metallic dark green wing-covers. Its head, legs and antenna are all black. We saw it again (the second photo) in Karawatha Park the next year. Again, it flied away after we took the one photo. Please
also check this page for more
information.
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- Black Leaf Cylinder Beetle
 - ? Aporocera sp., body length 6mm
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- Long Leaf Cylinder Beetle
 - Aporocera bihamatus, body length 10mm
- Pictures taken on Dec 2005 in Karawatha Forest.
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- Brown Leaf Cylinder Beetle
 - Cadmus crucicollis, body length
8mm
- We found this Leaf Beetle once on gum leaf in Karawatha
Forest during mid summer. The
beetle has very long antenna comparing with other leaf beetles. Visit
this page for more information.
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- 5-spotted Leaf Cylinder Beetle
- ? Cadmus sp., body length 10mm
- This leaf beetle has the typical cylindrical body shape of a beetle in this
subfamily. It is bridge orange in colour with 5 large black spots on its back.
There is a smaller spot on each side of its thorax. The antenna are black in
colour with last 4 segments thinner and in pale orange and pale black. Please
check this page for more information.
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- Reference:
- 1. Leaf Beetles subfamily
Cryptocephalinae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan, 2008.
- 2. Cryptocephalinae Gyllenhal, 1813 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.
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