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Calligrapha spiraea? - Calligrapha spiraea - male - female
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Calligrapha spiraea? - Calligrapha spiraea - Male Female
Lidke Mill , Howard County, Iowa, USA
June 16, 2019
Size: ~8 mm
These two colorful mating beetles had markings that matched up very well with Calligrapha spiraea, but I did notice there are several very similar Calligrapha species too, so I may be wrong about my tentative ID. I hope the following photos can show enough details to get a positive ID.

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 25 January, 2020 - 8:44am
Last updated 24 July, 2020 - 7:57am

good call
pls delete state abbreviation from the City field here and elsewhere

Moved from Calligrapha.
… v belov, 23 July, 2020 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Calligrapha spiraea
Thanks for confirming the identity of these colorful leaf beetles! I couldn't be sure if they were Calligrapha spiraea or not.
I don't know how IA got in with Lidke Mill in the city location data. Sorry.
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