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Photo#1497103
Unknown creature, probably a beetle
Copyright © 2018 Jack K H Loo

Unknown creature, probably a beetle
Martha Williams County
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Contributed by Martha Williams on 4 March, 2018 - 6:40pm
Last updated 4 March, 2018 - 8:09pm

Unknown creature--Platypria sp. (Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae)
On the Facebook Entomology page, Les Day identified this as a Platypria sp. (Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae).

Thank you for your assistance!
… Martha Williams, 5 March, 2018 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

Cool creature.
Moved from ID Request. Good call with Dactylispa Jeff!
… Graham Montgomery, 4 March, 2018 - 8:09pm login or register to post comments

Hi Martha
What is the location? That will be helpful for ID. If not from the US or Canada, it will stay on the site for 30 days.

This is definitely a leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.
… Graham Montgomery, 4 March, 2018 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysomelidae
I am almost positive it is not from within our range.

That being said, it appears to be in the Genus Dactylispa.
… Jeff Brown, 4 March, 2018 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Spiky Leaf Beetle
Jeff,
Searching Malaysian leaf beetles, that was as close as I could find. Perhaps this is a nymph?
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 5 March, 2018 - 12:47am login or register to post comments

 
Holometabolous
This is definitely an adult.

All beetles are holometabolous, and as such do not have nymphs.

The larvae of many leaf beetles in the Subfamily Cassidinae do carry fecal racks as a deterrent to predation.

… Jeff Brown, 5 March, 2018 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

 
Graham
I see that Jack K H Loo is from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155860863149193&set=a.177566639192.120352.689529192&type=3&theater
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 4 March, 2018 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

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