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Leptinotarsa haldemani
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Copyright © 2008
margarethe brummermann
Dark blue Leptinotarsa haldemani? -
Leptinotarsa haldemani
Molino Basin, Catalinas, Pima County, Arizona, USA
September 22, 2007
Size: 11mm
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Contributed by
margarethe brummermann
on 21 December, 2008 - 2:40pm
Last updated 21 December, 2008 - 5:47pm
Range on color from blue to purple to green...
Thumb of the two other color forms:
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Mike Quinn
, 3 March, 2009 - 11:57am
Thanks, Mike
great series all together. Here (Tucson to Madera) they seem to be mostly blue. Last year (2008) I didn't find any at all, but The AZ Nightshade was also very sparse.
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margarethe brummermann
, 3 March, 2009 - 1:30pm
Mostly the green variety in CenTex...
I believe we mostly have the green variety here in CenTex...
BTW, Jacques (1988) writes that
Solanum douglasii
is the preferred host in AZ...
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Mike
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Mike Quinn
, 3 March, 2009 - 4:25pm
That one is around among 15 other sp.
but the beetles were always on silver-grey Solanum leaves
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margarethe brummermann
, 3 March, 2009 - 6:07pm