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beetle larva?
Copyright © 2008 JuneJeffries

beetle larva?
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA
August 19, 2008
Size: .5 inch
Found on river birch leaf
Contributed by JuneJeffries on 20 August, 2008 - 5:35pm
Last updated 12 July, 2009 - 4:24pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Beetles.
… Mike Quinn, 12 July, 2009 - 4:24pm

Does look like a cassidine. S
Does look like a cassidine. Strange place for the larva unless it was looking for a place to pupate. Also strange is the fact that it is missing the fecal covering so often seen on the furcula.
… John R. Watts, 16 September, 2008 - 5:55pm

I am no expert
but this reminds me of a tortoise beetle larva.
… Marie L. Schmidt, 20 August, 2008 - 8:31pm

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