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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) » Galerucini » Section Coelomerites » Trirhabda
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Nymph--pennsylvania leatherwing? - Trirhabda - female
Copyright © 2007 seorrell@gmail.com

Nymph--pennsylvania leatherwing? - Trirhabda - Female
Phelps, Ontario County, New York, USA
September 2, 2007

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Contributed by seorrell@gmail.com on 17 September, 2007 - 10:23am
Last updated 3 January, 2010 - 6:14pm

Wider view of plant?
If you can provide a photo with a wider view of the plant, I may recognize the plant species. This could in turn assist with identification of the beetle.
… John Pearson, 4 January, 2010 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Nymph--pennslvania leatherwing?
Looks like one of the Trirhabda skeletonizing leaf beetles. Unfortunately I could not venture a guess as to which one.
Naomi
… Naomi Smith, 17 September, 2007 - 10:32am login or register to post comments

 
Plus, beetles don't have nymphs---metamorphosis
Beetles have complete metamorphosis, which means they don't have nymphs--they have larvae, which are structurally quite different from the adults. Leading me to post (I hope) links to helpful entries from the glossary, a project to which I encourage other editors to contribute:
-metamorphosis
-nymph
-larva
… Cotinis, 17 September, 2007 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

 
OK!
That's all educational. Thanx!
… seorrell@gmail.com, 17 September, 2007 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
garvid female
this is actually a gravid female adult beetle. The abdomen is swollen because it is full of eggs. It is a bit hard to tell from this angle, but it probably is Trirhabda adela, one of the most common species from this genus in your area.
… Rob Westerduijn, 18 September, 2007 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

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