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Palestriped Flea Beetle - Systena blanda
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen

Palestriped Flea Beetle - Systena blanda
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
June 25, 2008
Found on zinnia.
Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 4 February, 2009 - 8:31pm
Last updated 14 October, 2010 - 7:47am

Not an expert but...
Take a look at this...


Look at those hind femora. No doubt that it is a flea beetle. Maybe Palestriped Flea Beetle (Systena blanda) can be a starting place.

-EDIT-

It seems that a few other images have been added since this info page was started. Looks like a match with
… Ron M., 4 February, 2009 - 9:27pm

 
Thanks Ron
I never thought of Flea Beetles for this one.
… Lynn Bergen, 4 February, 2009 - 10:14pm

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