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Copyright © 2005 Mike Boone

Leaf Beetle - Calligrapha scalaris

Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA
March 29, 2005
Size: ~9mm

My wife found this beetle in our garage. It had a problem with one of its legs and couldn't remain upright, nor did it try to retract its wings fully.

From browsing the BugGuide beetles, the closest ones I can find are the Calligrapha.

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Contributed by Mike Boone on 30 March, 2005 - 4:39pm
Last updated 5 July, 2008 - 11:09am

So, i'm seeing a lot of diffe

So, i'm seeing a lot of different names... which is the correct one?

thanks.

… Ziggy90, 24 September, 2009 - 11:00pm

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Moved

Moved from Calligrapha ignota.

… john and jane balaban, 5 July, 2008 - 11:09am

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This is not ignota but likely

This is not ignota but likely scalaris.

… John Randall Watts, 5 July, 2008 - 10:04am

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Moved

Moved from Calligrapha.

… john and jane balaban, 30 January, 2008 - 8:49pm

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Calligraphy on a beetle back!

Nice picture! And yeah, I think it is of the genus Calligrapha. I'm sorry that I don't know the species... Nonetheless, really great pic!

I have found quite a few of these beetles on poison ivy, which I thought was pretty odd... I didn't see any eating the Toxicodendron though. Very colorful wings though, as this picture shows -- bright red!

~Sam

… Sam Kieschnick, 30 March, 2005 - 8:11pm

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Calligrapha multipunctata bigsbyana?

Thanks Sam,

I poked around the net and found a very similar photo here, which was idenfitied as Calligrapha multipunctata bigsbyana. It also looks a good bit like this other BugGuide image:

… Mike Boone, 30 March, 2005 - 9:27pm

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