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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) » Criocerinae » Lema
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What will we become? - Lema
Copyright © 2008 Thomas of Baltimore City

What will we become? - Lema
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
June 25, 2008
Observed eating the leaves of a Physalis sp.
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Contributed by Thomas of Baltimore City on 26 June, 2008 - 11:16am
Last updated 14 July, 2008 - 9:44am

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 14 July, 2008 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

Lema sp. Rear them out or fin
Lema sp. Rear them out or find some adult specimens and we can get it down to species.
… John R. Watts, 14 July, 2008 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 10 July, 2008 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

Must be
a Lema [daturaphila?] sp.?
… Thomas of Baltimore City, 26 June, 2008 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

Leaf beetles, I believe
I'm pretty sure I've photographed these on Physalis too - can't remember if I ever figured out the ID.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 26 June, 2008 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
Is
that frass they carry on their backs? My first thought was ants until I opened the images on my comp.
… Thomas of Baltimore City, 26 June, 2008 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, compare Jim's


BTW I found my image and realized it was Lema solani, so I think you might be the right track with that genus. Any adult beetles around? The few times I've photographed these, adults have been nearby.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 26 June, 2008 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Unfortunately
I didn't capture any images of adults which I don't recall seeing.
… Thomas of Baltimore City, 10 July, 2008 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

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