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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) » Eumolpinae » Chrysochus » Dogbane Beetle (Chrysochus auratus)
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Beetles IDed dogbane for me :-) - Chrysochus auratus
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Beetles IDed dogbane for me :-) - Chrysochus auratus
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
July 1, 2006
This is a different plant, same species, that has blooms on it and is therefore a better example of this host plant.

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Beetles IDed dogbane for me :-) - Chrysochus auratus Beetles IDed dogbane for me :-) - Chrysochus auratus Beetles IDed dogbane for me :-) - Chrysochus auratus Beetles IDed dogbane for me :-) - Chrysochus auratus Beetles IDed dogbane for me :-) - Chrysochus auratus Beetles IDed dogbane for me :-) - Chrysochus auratus
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 9 July, 2006 - 5:28pm
Last updated 28 July, 2007 - 7:23am

Moved
Moved from Apocynum androsaemifolium (Spreading Dogbane).

Hosts and Habitats section discontinued
… Chuck Entz, 28 July, 2007 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dogbane Beetle.
… Chuck Entz, 30 June, 2007 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

Yes, looks like spreading dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium, Several other members of that genus will also attract the beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 9 July, 2006 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John and Jane.
I guess those beetles were telling the truth :-) I see Patrick Coin has a shot of one on Indian Hemp, Apocynum cannabinum.
… Jim McClarin, 9 July, 2006 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John and Jane.
I guess those beetles were telling the truth :-)
… Jim McClarin, 9 July, 2006 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

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