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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) » Skeletonizing leaf beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Blepharida » Sumac Flea Beetle (Blepharida rhois)
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Leaf Beetles mating - Blepharida rhois
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Leaf Beetles mating - Blepharida rhois
Milton, Massachusetts, USA
June 8, 2005
Size: 6mm
Might be a type of flea beetle.

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Contributed by tom murray on 11 June, 2005 - 9:47am
Last updated 21 December, 2005 - 5:30pm

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This specimen looks to be Blepharida rhois from what I can tell in the picture. Thats the best i can figure, hope it helps.

- Phil Chaon
… Philip Chaon, 8 April, 2006 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

 
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for the help Phil.
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