Well, this looks yummy!

Here's a close-up image of a Parthenium beetle (Zygogramma bicolorata), about to feed on a pollen of a Parthenium plant (Parthenium hysterophorus).

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morpheme

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Interesting beetle with in an interesting story of how it ended up in India. Posted 10 years ago
1. Avinash Krishnamurthy
  
  Musk Oxen
  
  Yes, and the weed Parthenium is popularly believed to have entered the Indian soil sometime during 1956 along with Wheat sent by USA. Two non-native life forms are now very common in India, and one of them is quite invasive!
  
  More about the plant here:
  http://www.socialmantra.in/socialcommentary/Congress-grass.html Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago

The Mexican Beetle

''Zygogramma bicolorata'', variously referred to as the Parthenium Beetle or Mexican Beetle, is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae, native to Mexico, but introduced to India in 1984 to control ''Parthenium hysterophorus'', a noxious weed.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Avinash Krishnamurthy