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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Disonycha Genus Group » Disonycha » Disonycha caroliniana
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black/orange beetle - Disonycha caroliniana
Copyright © 2007 lejones

black/orange beetle - Disonycha caroliniana
Evansville/Howell Wetlands, Vanderburg County, Indiana, USA
August 1, 2007
Size: about 1/4 inch long
Possibly a variation of the 10 line june beetle?
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Contributed by lejones on 3 August, 2007 - 8:47am
Last updated 8 July, 2008 - 6:34pm

also
seems to sit on confirmed hostplant, Hypericum hypericoides.
… Boris Büche, 9 November, 2018 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Disonycha c.
… john and jane balaban, 8 July, 2008 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

Running this specimen through
Running this specimen through Blake's key it comes out to D. caroliniana (assuming the labrum isn't dark). The antennae are shorter than D. tenuicornis and it ranges from Massachusetts to Texas.
… John Randall Watts, 8 July, 2008 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

Do you know the plant
or have a larger image that includes the plant? It might help us finally get this beauty ID'd. Legume?
… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2007 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

 
The plant is a prairie mimosa
The plant is a prairie mimosa.
… lejones, 3 August, 2007 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

Flea beetle - Disonycha c
Very nice photo of a flea beetle.
… Kevin Hall, 3 August, 2007 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you much for the ID.
Thank you much for the ID.
… lejones, 3 August, 2007 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

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