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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 » Pachybrachina » Scriptured Leaf Beetles (Pachybrachis) » Striped Pachys (Pachybrachis Striped Pachys) » Pachybrachis virgatus
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Black and white striped beetle - Pachybrachis virgatus
Copyright © 2014 Betsy Betros

Black and white striped beetle - Pachybrachis virgatus
Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
July 1, 2014
Size: ~5 mm
Found drowning in a pool in a suburban development near a wooded area. I thought it had died, but it revived during the photo shoot.

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Black and white striped beetle - Pachybrachis virgatus Black and white striped beetle - Pachybrachis virgatus Black and white striped beetle - Pachybrachis virgatus
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Contributed by Betsy Betros on 7 July, 2014 - 12:40am
Last updated 16 August, 2014 - 10:41pm

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det. E. G. Riley, 2014
… Mike Quinn, 16 August, 2014 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Super cool!
First one on bugguide!!! Thanks!
… Betsy Betros, 16 August, 2014 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

it does look nice and distinctive...
hope the experts see here enough to come up with a name

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 8 July, 2014 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

Thought it might be Pachybrachis
but didn't find a good match there :(

There are so many Cryptocephalini!
… john and jane balaban, 7 July, 2014 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
well ding dong
Me...one of the photos had the right antenna!
… Betsy Betros, 7 July, 2014 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

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