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Case-Bearer Chrysomelid - Cryptocephalus castaneus
Copyright © 2015 Aaron Schusteff

Case-Bearer Chrysomelid - Cryptocephalus castaneus
Fish Slough, Inyo County, California, USA
June 6, 2012
A different individual, from the same flowers, same place, and same few minutes in the afternoon as the one posted below:

 

This one had a much darker pronotum...compared to the other, the black longitudinal bands seemed to have bled into each other and become confluent.
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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 7 December, 2015 - 12:17am
Last updated 10 December, 2015 - 10:51pm

Moved
Moved from Cryptocephalus.
… Aaron Schusteff, 10 December, 2015 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 7 December, 2015 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

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