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Black, white & red beetle on willow tree - Chrysomela scripta
Copyright © 2008 John Hartgerink

Black, white & red beetle on willow tree - Chrysomela scripta
Baton Rouge - BREC Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
May 13, 2008
Size: about 1/4 inch
This beetle and others of the same type were mating on a willow trees along side a pond.

There were also a lot of beetle larvae feeding on the willow leaves.
I will post a photo of them separately.
I wonder if it is possible to ID the larvae and if they are the same species as this adult.

John
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Contributed by John Hartgerink on 13 May, 2008 - 9:35pm
Last updated 6 August, 2008 - 5:52am

Please see
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle (Chrysomela scripta)

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4050

-and-

… Ron M., 13 May, 2008 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
Fun to know the ID so I can read about them.
Thanks for taking the time to add the links.

John
… John Hartgerink, 13 May, 2008 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

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