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Asparagus beetle [Crioceris asparagi] - Crioceris asparagi
Copyright © 2005 David Bree

Asparagus beetle [Crioceris asparagi] - Crioceris asparagi
Sandbanks Prov. Park, near Picton, Ontario, Canada
June 20, 2004
Size: about 7mm
A fairly distinctive looking Beetle but I haven't been able to find anything that looks like it in the various references I've searched.
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Contributed by David Bree on 1 March, 2005 - 11:18am
Last updated 12 May, 2011 - 12:05pm

Asparagus Beetle
Thanks Phillip

My reference shows more yellow on the elytra with the spots running together but now that you have pointed it out I can see it.
… David Bree, 1 March, 2005 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

Asparagus beetle
This is a Leaf beetle [Chrysomelidae] and looks to be the Asparagus beetle [Crioceris asparagi]; see also
http://entweb.clemson.edu/cuentres/cesheets/veg/ce106.htm
… Phillip Harpootlian, 1 March, 2005 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Crioceris asparagi
This is definitely Crioceris asparagi, a highly variable introduced sp. now established nearly throughout the northern half of the United States and southern Canada. Am moving...

White, R.E. 1993. Revision of the subfamily Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae) of North America, north of Mexico. USDA-ARS Tech Bull. 1805:1-158.
… Mike Quinn, 21 January, 2006 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

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