Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle
Size of caterpillar: small ones about 7mm, big one 14mm. I found a cluster of larvae on the underside of a leaf with a much larger individual on the other side of the leaf. It jumped several times when I approached. There are not many good records shown at ALA, or any other authoritative site, https://bugwoodcloud.org/images/768x512/5402272.jpg and the photo by Leslie Ingram. The larvae has a black head and a black tail. The body is pale-brown yellowish with a dark strip along the middorsal apex. Update 5/5/2017: I bumped into a better ID. This is not a Pale-brown Sawfly but a beetle larvae: Eucalypt Leaf Beetle (Paropsisterna cloelia). It will be moved.
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