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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Doryphorina » Labidomera » Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis)
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Milkweed Beetle? - Labidomera clivicollis
Copyright © 2008 SauriaMami

Milkweed Beetle? - Labidomera clivicollis
Atchison, Kansas, USA
August 19, 2008
Size: 3/4 inch
Found eating off of a water plant (not milkweed)...in NE Kansas. Yellow feet were very interesting on this fellow. Another image on here looked very much like this fellow but the markings were different?

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Contributed by SauriaMami on 20 August, 2008 - 12:51pm
Last updated 30 April, 2010 - 11:27am

Leptinotarsa sp?
I'm thinking this could be a species of Leptinotarsa, but let's see what some of our beetle experts have to say. Nice images.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 August, 2008 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanx Eric for both.....I've
Thanx Eric for both.....I've seen some very beautiful milkweed beetles but this fellow was different from the one's I'm used to.
… SauriaMami, 20 August, 2008 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Changed my mind:-)
After seeing some recent images of Labidomera, I think this specimen is teneral (just emerged from pupa, pigments not fully set-in yet).
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 September, 2008 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

 
ah. thanx...that'd make sence
ah. thanx...that'd make sence. this one was a rather pale comparison to some that I've seen on the bug sites. again my thanx!
… SauriaMami, 13 September, 2008 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

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