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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) » Criocerinae » Lema » Blue-banded Lema Leaf Beetle (Lema solani)
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beetle - Lema solani
Copyright © 2005 Machele White

beetle - Lema solani
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
September 9, 2005
Lit on my leg.
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Contributed by Machele White on 17 September, 2005 - 4:47am
Last updated 14 January, 2006 - 8:58am

Probably Lema sp. (Chrysomelidae)
Probably Lema sp. (Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae). Can't go further on identification.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/12733/bgimage
… aphanius, 17 September, 2005 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Lema solani
See comments here: Am moving...
… Mike Quinn, 14 January, 2006 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

Some kind of leaf beetle
I think it is some kind of leaf beetle, but I cannot narrow it down further than that. What do you mean by "Lit on my leg"?
… Pat Griffin, 17 September, 2005 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

 
lit on mt leg.
For you Northeners it mings landed on my leg.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 17 September, 2005 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you both ; )
I will check out the leaf beetles.
… Machele White, 17 September, 2005 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Northerners
That's funny. I grew up in Houston, so I at least considered that possibility.
… Pat Griffin, 17 September, 2005 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

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