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Leaf Beetle
Photo: C & D Frith
Australian Tropical Rainforest Life
Leaf Beetle: Stethomela species
This is a pair of mating leaf beetles belonging to the beetle
family Chrysomelidae, and are just one example of the numerous species of beetles of
various families found in the rainforest.
Beetles are found, as both adults and larvae, among understorey
and canopy vegetation; in flowers, mosses and ferns; beneath bark; and within rotting
vegetation, living trees, leaf litter and soil.
One group of beetles is confined to large bracket fungi that
occur on vertical tree trunks or fallen tree logs.
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