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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Entomoscelina » Entomoscelis » Red Turnip Beetle (Entomoscelis americana)
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Chrysomelidae sp ? - Entomoscelis americana
Copyright © 2016 JerryMcCormick

Chrysomelidae sp ? - Entomoscelis americana
Forbes, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
September 14, 2016
Size: 1 cm est.
Found on the top of a goldenrod blossom. It may have been chilled and was sunning to warm-up; also it seemed sluggish.
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Contributed by JerryMcCormick on 14 September, 2016 - 4:07pm
Last updated 14 September, 2016 - 7:46pm

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… John S. Ascher, 14 September, 2016 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

Red Turnip?
… john and jane balaban, 14 September, 2016 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Red Turnip Beetle
Thank you. I still can't find it in any of the books I own!
… JerryMcCormick, 14 September, 2016 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah! But it's on BugGuide!
All we did was type 'red black' into the search and this was one of the images that popped up!
… john and jane balaban, 14 September, 2016 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

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