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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 » Doryphorina
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Unknown Beetle
Copyright © 2018 Nate Venarske

Unknown Beetle
Ridgeland, Madison County, Mississippi, USA
May 26, 2018
Size: .7mm
What kind of beetle is this?
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Contributed by Nate Venarske on 2 June, 2018 - 8:18pm
Last updated 15 July, 2018 - 2:55pm

indicated size unrealistic
has to be at least x10 that large
… v belov, 2 August, 2018 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
False
That would be even more unrealistic. It is about the size of the head and thorax region of a Virginia tiger beetle in my collection. Wish I could show you a picture, but I guarantee that it is not three inches long.
… Nate Venarske, 3 August, 2018 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
seriously?
.7 mm is about the diameter of size 3 insect pin
… v belov, 23 July, 2020 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Touche
I intended .7 centimeters. Ten times .7 centimeters is approximately 3 inches. Ten times .7 millimeters is precisely its size.
… Nate Venarske, 23 July, 2020 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Looks like something in the Doryphorina subtribe
probably in the genus Calligrapha
… Jack Foreman, 3 June, 2018 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

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