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Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Copyright © 2006 volcano

Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Cary, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
April 25, 2006
This flew onto my windshield while I was driving. I captured it, chilled it(only way I could get it to stop moving so fast), photographed, then released. ID'd from guide.
Contributed by volcano on 25 April, 2006 - 2:38pm

Very nice photo
How did you capture it while you were driving? ;-)
Carla Finley
Venice, FL
http://community.webshots.com/user/CarlaFinley
… Carla Finley, 26 April, 2006 - 5:25am

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