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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing leaf beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Disonycha » Disonycha alternata
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red-white-black beetle - Disonycha alternata
Copyright © 2004 Robin McLeod

red-white-black beetle - Disonycha alternata
Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada
May 8, 2004
Size: 6-7 mm
Reminds me of Troy's image although the color of the stripes is reversed - more like the photo of Disonycha latifrons at Cedar Creek but with thinner black stripes. I chased this thing for 5 minutes on the east beach; it acted like a tiger beetle, repeatedly flying for 10-20 metres whenever I got close.

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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 March, 2005 - 7:16am
Last updated 8 January, 2006 - 10:32am

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