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Help with this please - Calligrapha californica
Copyright © 2007 Hamish

Help with this please - Calligrapha californica
Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Size: .5cm
This little beauty is on perennial daisy plant in my garden - any help would be appreciated.
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Contributed by Hamish on 2 June, 2007 - 6:15pm
Last updated 4 June, 2007 - 5:21pm

Host plant (Asteraceae) fits for
. . .either Calligrapha californica, or species of Zygogramma.
… Boris Büche, 3 June, 2007 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

I agree...
I finally had time to check and see if it was what I had thought it to be.... "I stand corrected." :) The bars are certainly too few and wide to be a Colorado Beetle.
… Dan K., 3 June, 2007 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

...
Not my old buddy from UVic Hamish?
… Sean McCann, 3 June, 2007 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

 
A different Hamish
Sorry, Sean. Not your ol' buddy. Hamish is actually my grandson and he's a few years away from attending UVIC.
… Hamish, 3 June, 2007 - 10:02am login or register to post comments

Colorado Potato Beetle...
Either that or Colorado Potato Bug... I'm pretty sure it's beetle, though. ...I don't have any books with me right now. :(
… Dan K., 2 June, 2007 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Potatoe Beetle
I think "mine" have fewer stripes - maybe they are immature? Thanks.
… Hamish, 2 June, 2007 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

 
May be related to
Calligrapha californica, in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 2 June, 2007 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Red and Orange Little Beauties
Calligrapha californica subsp. coreopsivora - that's it!

Thanks everyone, much appreciated.
… Hamish, 4 June, 2007 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

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