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Spotted cucumber beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Copyright © 2007 Jerry Lacy

Spotted cucumber beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Agoura, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 15, 2007
On Dahlia. Note distended abdomen in first shot, pulled in later. Any idea what it was doing?

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Spotted cucumber beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata Spotted cucumber beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Contributed by Jerry Lacy on 21 August, 2007 - 2:28pm
Last updated 22 August, 2007 - 9:05am

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