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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) » Chrysomelinae » Leptinotarsa » False Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa juncta)
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Unusual little guys - Leptinotarsa juncta
Copyright © 2009 Cheryl

Unusual little guys - Leptinotarsa juncta
Seymour/Tennessee, Tennessee, USA
July 1, 2009
These were munching down on a leaf of one of my flowers

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Contributed by Cheryl on 22 September, 2009 - 12:57am
Last updated 19 December, 2009 - 4:27pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 12 October, 2009 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

What kind of flower?
Knowing host plant can help ID them. There is another leaf beetle with similar appearance but it specializes on milkweed.
… John F. Carr, 22 September, 2009 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

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Do you have any more views? This isn't really good enough for me to make a positive ID, but they may be the larvae of Leptinotarsa juncta (False Potato Beetle)
… John R. Maxwell, 22 September, 2009 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

 
Yes I do. How do I ad them to
Yes I do. How do I ad them to connect to this post ?
… Cheryl, 22 September, 2009 - 11:25am login or register to post comments

 
Just click 'add image'
under your posted image and fill the page that pops up. But I think for Chrysomelinae larvae, John's Id is as good as it gets
… margarethe brummermann, 22 September, 2009 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

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