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Beetle ID Request - Phyllotreta bipustulata
Copyright © 2009 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Beetle ID Request - Phyllotreta bipustulata
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
May 12, 2009
Observed on a member of the Mustard family [Brassicacea].
Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 12 May, 2009 - 6:52pm
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 2:08am

Moved
Moved from Striped Flea Beetle.
… ADeczynski, 4 April, 2014 - 2:08am

i suspect Phyllotreta striolata
*
… v belov, 12 May, 2009 - 7:30pm

 
hmmm...
I'm no chryso expert but this looks like P. bipustulata as described here. Has a wide distribution in the east apparently.
*correction- considered by some to be a form of P. striolata.
… Tim Loh, 14 May, 2009 - 6:15pm

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