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Cryptocephalinae - Cryptocephalus schreibersii - female
Copyright © 2014 tom murray

Cryptocephalinae - Cryptocephalus schreibersii - Female
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 21, 2014
This larger one of the mating pair I found must be the female. I found these in a pitch pine.
Contributed by tom murray on 21 October, 2014 - 9:21pm
Last updated 6 December, 2014 - 9:20am

Cryptocephalus schreibersii Suffrian, female
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Tom.
… Brad Barnd, 23 March, 2022 - 8:18pm

Moved
Moved from Case-bearing Leaf Beetles.
… v belov, 6 December, 2014 - 9:20am

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