little beetle laying eggs - Coleothorpa dominicana

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Clytrini » Megalostomina » Coleothorpa » Coleothorpa dominicana

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Copyright © 2005 tom murray

little beetle laying eggs - Coleothorpa dominicana -

Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
June 2, 2004
Size: 1/4"

I think it's a leaf beetle of some kind, but correct me if I'm wrong. I won't be surprised if I'm wrong.

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Contributed by tom murray on 8 April, 2005 - 5:10pm
Last updated 4 March, 2018 - 3:29pm

Coleothorpa dominicana

Det. & comment per EGRiley

Outstanding image! Coleothorpa dominicana (Fabricius). This is a female forming it's egg encrustation, i.e., one egg covered with fecal platelets.

Family Chrysomelidae, Subfamily Cryptocephalinae, Tribe Clytrini

Mike Quinn, Austin

Texas Beetle Info
http://www.TexasEnto.net/beetles.htm

… Mike Quinn, 22 December, 2005 - 11:52am

Tom,

I've moved your image. I'm not cetain which species it is, but fairly sure it's this genus.

… Lynette Elliott, 21 November, 2005 - 9:42am

Coscinoptera

Thanks for the update, Lynette.

… tom murray, 21 November, 2005 - 5:37pm

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