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leaf beetle - Calligrapha philadelphica
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

leaf beetle - Calligrapha philadelphica
Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
September 2, 2004
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Insects and Spiders (1) plate 182 looks exactly like this beetle, and the description on page 603 fits. It also matches the picture in this site, Natural Resourses of Canada.
Contributed by tom murray on 1 April, 2005 - 11:05pm
Last updated 1 March, 2018 - 9:31pm

C. philadelphica
EGRiley agrees with your det...

Mike Quinn, Austin

Texas Beetle Info
http://www.TexasEnto.net/beetles.htm
… Mike Quinn, 22 December, 2005 - 1:29pm

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