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If anything is going to distract me from a fancy psyllid on a railing, it's a fancy beetle. I knew that I hadn't seen one of these before and I could quickly find it in the Grove, Forster& Porch Beetles checklist. A Tasmanian endemic, Leaus tasmanicus. It looks so much like lichen. I almost didn't notice it becuase there was broken lichen on the rail too. I suspect something knocked off lichen and the associated beetle at the same time. I then had to add another thing to have to stare hard at, seeing if I could find well camouflaged beetles in lichen. As usual this failed.