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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) » Luperini » Diabrotica » Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) » Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata)
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Leaf Bettle ? - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Copyright © 2008 msdljack

Leaf Bettle ? - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
San Jose, CA, USA, Santa Clara County, California, USA
November 26, 2008
Size: ~ 0.5mm
My wife fould this little bug in a supermarket in San Jose. This bug stayed right on some vegetable. She took it home and I shot these photos. I think this is a leaf bettle but don't konw which kind.

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Contributed by msdljack on 28 November, 2008 - 12:39am
Last updated 1 December, 2008 - 3:19pm

I think you mean
0.5cm rather than mm
… margarethe brummermann, 28 November, 2008 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

Did she find it near the cucumbers...
This is a Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) or either the Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata) both of which are members of the leaf beetle family.



I had to crop your second image. It is a great shot but it shows more detail when the image is cropped to show less background and more beetle.

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… Ron M., 28 November, 2008 - 12:50am login or register to post comments

 
Western.
All-black legs would indicate the western subspecies. Great images!
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 December, 2008 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

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