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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Galerucini » Section Atysites » Tricholochmaea » Tricholochmaea kalmiae
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beetle on dung - Tricholochmaea kalmiae
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

beetle on dung - Tricholochmaea kalmiae
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
May 28, 2005
Size: 6mm
Found this one on top of fresh horse droppings.
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Contributed by tom murray on 30 May, 2005 - 8:34am
Last updated 1 March, 2018 - 9:29pm

Moved
Moved from Cherry Leaf Beetle.
Thanks Chris. You're attention to detail added a new species to the guide!
… tom murray, 30 August, 2010 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

Tricholochmaea
I'm sure this isn't Tricholochmaea cavicollis LeConte which has solid black antennae, including all the basal segments, unlike the specimen in this photograph. It's much more likely to be Tricholochmaea kalmiae (Fall) which has the basal antennal segments reddish (like this specimen) and the apical antennomeres piceous rather than black as in T. cavicollis.
… Christopher Majka, 30 August, 2010 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tricholochmaea.
… v belov, 26 November, 2009 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

Chrysomelidae: Tricholochmaea sp.
Don't know why it is on dung.
… Donald S. Chandler, 24 April, 2006 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Confused little beetle
The horse must have eaten some leaves :-)
… tom murray, 24 April, 2006 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

Diabrotica?
Kinda reminds me of Diabrotica leaf beetles. In the jungle, butterflies, moths, and even grasshoppers visit dungheaps.
… Jim McClarin, 30 May, 2005 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

 
It does look like one of the
It does look like one of the Leaf Beetles. I'll play it safe and just put it in Chrysomelidae. Thanks Jim.
… tom murray, 30 May, 2005 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

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