Australian Tortoise Beetle

Australian Tortoise Beetle Trachymela sloanei
William R. Mason Regional Park, Irvine, 2008-08-03

This is an introduced species that feeds on the equally non-native Eucalyptus tree. It’s a little bigger than a ladybug.

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