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Help? - Neolema cordata
Copyright © 2007 Andrew Meeds

Help? - Neolema cordata
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA
August 19, 2007
Size: About 1/3 -1/4 inch
Found on wall of a tunnel which a creek runs through... Im stumped... any ideas?
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 21 August, 2007 - 5:37pm
Last updated 22 August, 2007 - 2:00pm

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… Boris Büche, 22 August, 2007 - 7:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Much!
for the ID
… Andrew Meeds, 22 August, 2007 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

 
My guess is you've hit the na
My guess is you've hit the nail squarely on the head Boris.
… Richard Lareau, 22 August, 2007 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Chrysomelid. I ca
Looks like Chrysomelid. I can see the bilobed 4th tarsomere on the middle right leg. As far as genus; you or somebody else will need to key it out. Colourful. 1.5cm(3/4in.) Seems large. How accurate is that? (i.e. Did you wrestle it down and measure it?)
… Richard Lareau, 21 August, 2007 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmm...
Whoops... thanks... I messed that up... thanks... lemme go edit that...


looking through, I think it's Neolema... can anyone confirm that or take it further... thanks again.
… Andrew Meeds, 21 August, 2007 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

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