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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Unidentified immatures
Unidentified immatures
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily
Cassidinae (Tortoise Beetles and the Hispines)
No Taxon
Unidentified immatures
Identification
Many tend to carry a lump of their own frass around above them, to deter predators.
Agroiconota bivittata
Cassida piperata
C. relicta
C. rubiginosa
Charidotella sexpunctata
Coptocycla texana
Deloyala guttata
Gratiana boliviana
G. pallidula
Plagiometriona clavata
Hemisphaerota cyanea
Baliosus nervosus
Microrhopala vittata
Odontota dorsalis
Sumitrosis inaequalis
S. rosea
Physonota alutacea
Ph. arizonae
Ph. calochroma floridensis
Ph. helianthi
Ph. unipunctata
Chelymorpha cassidea
Ch. cribraria
Ch. phytophagica
See Also
Slug moth caterpillars may look very similar, but they don't normally carry frass:
Isa textula
Contributed by
Bob Biagi
on 5 May, 2021 - 9:40am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 20 June, 2023 - 5:23pm