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Small Striped Beetle - Calligrapha californica
Copyright © 2019 Nick Wiser

Small Striped Beetle - Calligrapha californica
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA
December 19, 2018
Size: 6mm
Found on a metal fence post, right up against a corner.

Someone suggested potato beetle, but that's not what it is. Probably something similar, though.

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Contributed by Nick Wiser on 9 January, 2019 - 2:56pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 9 January, 2019 - 3:02pm

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