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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) » Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines (Cassidinae) » Ischyrosonychini » Physonota » Sunflower Tortoise Beetle (Physonota helianthi)
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Sunflower Tortoise Beetle - Physonota helianthi
Copyright © 2009 Stephen Gingold

Sunflower Tortoise Beetle - Physonota helianthi
Knightville Dam, Huntington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
July 20, 2009
ID help appreciated.

Thanks.

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Sunflower Tortoise Beetle - Physonota helianthi Sunflower Tortoise Beetle - Physonota helianthi
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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 21 July, 2009 - 4:24pm
Last updated 22 August, 2009 - 8:43am

Moved
Moved from Physonota to P. helianthi, based on range and host.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 August, 2009 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Charley.
Pretty much what I came to think, but a leap of faith I didn't feel qualified to make. :-)
… Stephen Gingold, 22 August, 2009 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Stephen Gingold, 22 August, 2009 - 3:25am login or register to post comments

Seems to be a beetle larva...
Do you have images from any other angles?
… Charley Eiseman, 20 August, 2009 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Charley.
I've uploaded a second image with a view from the front.
… Stephen Gingold, 21 August, 2009 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

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