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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Calidus group (Cryptocephalus Calidus group) » Cryptocephalus calidus
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beetle - Cryptocephalus calidus
Copyright © 2005 Machele White

beetle - Cryptocephalus calidus
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
November 5, 2005
Size: 5mm
Eating rotten banana.
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Contributed by Machele White on 8 November, 2005 - 10:05am
Last updated 4 March, 2012 - 10:52am

Moved
Moved from Cryptocephalus.
… john and jane balaban, 8 July, 2008 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

Cryptocephalus calidus.
Cryptocephalus calidus.
… John Randall Watts, 8 July, 2008 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

Looks a lot like
the image here at North Dakota.
… john and jane balaban, 10 January, 2006 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
very much, for all your help.
… Machele White, 11 January, 2006 - 4:08am login or register to post comments

Cryptocephalus calidus
I believe this is a Chrysomedlid beetle, Cryptocephalus calidus.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 8 November, 2005 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
C. bispinus, C. calidus, or C. venustus
There are 77 spp. of Cryptocephalus north of Mexico. (1)

The following spp. occur in FL (2) and resemble this image based on specimens in the TAMUIC:

C. bispinus, C. calidus, & C. venustus
… Mike Quinn, 14 January, 2006 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Mike,
should I move this to cryptocephalus? or frass? it's not that great of a pic anyway.
… Machele White, 14 January, 2006 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved to genus...
It's a decent image and I think BG.Net needs to show some of the variety w/in Crytocephalus.
… Mike Quinn, 14 January, 2006 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you,
It looks alot like your beetle, with the bright yellow, this one looks a bit worn, and it had a missing leg.
… Machele White, 8 November, 2005 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

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