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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Eumolpinae » Fidia » Grape Rootworm  (Fidia viticida)
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2008-05-31 Grape Rootworm Beetle - Fidia viticida
Copyright © 2008 Ron M.

2008-05-31 Grape Rootworm Beetle - Fidia viticida
Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA
May 31, 2008
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
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Contributed by Ron M. on 2 June, 2008 - 5:35am
Last updated 24 August, 2009 - 5:17am

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 14 July, 2008 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 10 July, 2008 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Grape Rootworm Beetle
Fidia viticida, if that host plant is around
… margarethe brummermann, 2 June, 2008 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed.
Agreed.
… John R. Watts, 14 July, 2008 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

 
I have to bring my Mother-in-
I have to bring my Mother-in-law to a doctors appointment tomorrow but I will try to get back to the area tomorrow to look for grape vines. In the mean time, I found these other images and I would say it looks like a match to me. Thanks for your help so far!

http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/chrysomelidae/Fidia_viticida.htm

http://www.virginiafruit.ento.vt.edu/rootworm.html

http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/grapeipm/insects_attacking_the_roots_and.htm near bottom of page.

http://www.virginiafruit.ento.vt.edu/GrRootwormAdult.jpg
… Ron M., 2 June, 2008 - 2:57pm login or register to post comments

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