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Beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola,beetle Click/tap to enlarge

Beetle

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  1. View Lilygirl's profile
    Lilygirl
    Lion
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    Hi Lychee,
    It looks to me to be a Trirhabda Canadensis, but then again I am no bug expert. Wildflower would have a better idea.
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/TrirhabdaCanadensis.jpg/290px-TrirhabdaCanadensis.jpg

    On second thoughts, it could be a Trirhabda virgata. It depends on whether those black stripes converge at the back or not. It is hard to tell from this picture, but perhaps you have another one which you did not upload that show the back of the beetle a little better. This would identify which of the two it is. The T. canadensis coverges, the T. vergata does not.
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/TrirhabdaVirgata.jpg/290px-TrirhabdaVirgata.jpg     Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
  2. View Lychee's profile
    Lychee
    Snow Leopard
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    This is an elm leaf beetle. It matches the description in wiki... Posted 10 years ago
    1. View WildFlower's profile
      WildFlower
      Lion
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      The elm leaf beetle is similar, but the central stripes are not the same. I would rather agree with Lily that it is one of the Trirhabda species, but there are several similar species and it is hard to tell which one this is. Do you know what plant it was on, they have different host plants? Here's a key to the Trirhabda species.
      https://archive.org/stream/cbarchive_51736_revisionofthebeetlesofthegenus1878/revisionofthebeetlesofthegenus1878#page/n9/mode/2up
      http://bugguide.net/node/view/35037/bgimage?from=120
      http://bugguide.net/node/view/166986
      http://bugguide.net/node/view/35038

      http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimages/id11883/?type=1
      http://www.invasive.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=216
      http://bugguide.net/node/view/105142/bgimage       Posted 10 years ago

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Uploaded Oct 31, 2014. Captured Oct 21, 2014 07:34.
  • Canon PowerShot D20
  • f/3.9
  • 1/60s
  • ISO125
  • 5mm