Flea Beetle - Arsipoda fulvipes
FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Flea Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 4mm
- We found this beetle once on gum leaf in Karawatha Forest during mid summer. The beetle has strong hind legs as the grasshopper. It does jump likes a grasshopper.
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- Pictures taken in Yugarapul Park during early summer.
- Thank to Chris Reid for the advise this is probably Arsipoda fulvipes.
- Reference:
- 1. Leaf Beetles subfamily Alticinae - lifeunseen.com, by Nick Monaghan, 2008.
- 2. Longitarsus echii (Koch) - Australian Insect Common Names, CSIRO, 2005.
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