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Sunflower Tortoise Beetle (Physonota helianthi)
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Copyright © 2009
John Pearson
Sunflower Tortoise Beetle larva -
Physonota helianthi
Anderson Prairie State Preserve, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, USA
July 31, 2009
Size: ~12 mm
Lone individual on leaf of sawtooth sunflower (
Helianthus grosseserratus
) in swale in tallgrass prairie remnant.
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Contributed by
John Pearson
on 1 August, 2009 - 2:31pm
Last updated 1 August, 2009 - 5:55pm
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John Pearson
, 1 August, 2009 - 4:18pm
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Reminds us of
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john and jane balaban
, 1 August, 2009 - 2:36pm
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Yes
... in fact, I now see that MJ Hatfield observed the same species on the same host plant on the same nature preserve during the same month three years ago!
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John Pearson
, 1 August, 2009 - 4:19pm
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