Camptosomata species Case-bearing leaf beetle larva CRYPTOCEPHALINAE,   CHRYSOMELIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Roger Williams, Macgregor, Australian Capital Territory)

This is not a cocoon of a caterpillar, but is the larval case of a Leaf-eating Beetle. It is a stiff brown rounded case made of the larva's fecal material, in size about 1 cm. It is carried along by the larva, protecting its unarmoured abdomen.

Aporocera iridipennis
typical adult beetle in this subfamily
(Photo: courtesy of Suecee, Gladstone, Queensland)

There are about a hundred species in the CRYPTOCEPHALINAE subfamily in Australia.

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(written 18 September 2022, updated 31 January 2024)