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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.
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They are found in flowers, mosses, ferns, beneath bark, within rotting
vegetation, living trees, leaf litter and soil.
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