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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Galerucini » Section Atysites » Pyrrhalta » Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni)
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Viburnum Leaf Beetles - Pyrrhalta viburni - male - female
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Viburnum Leaf Beetles - Pyrrhalta viburni - Male Female
Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 27, 2011
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 August, 2011 - 6:26pm

Good catch!
They are quick to get out of sight when I am looking for them.
Sadly, they can destroy a shrub in two to three years. I hope that this isn't your garden. If so, prune all the terminal twigs with egg cases on them. It is the best line of defense.
… Beatriz Moisset, 25 February, 2012 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

 
Not in my yard
I've seen some leaf damage on viburnums in my neighborhood, but have only seen the beetles in other areas. I have mostly maple-leaf viburnum and that doesn't seem to be bothered much by the beetles.
… tom murray, 25 February, 2012 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

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