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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) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Flea Beetles (Alticini) » Asphaera Genus Group » Asphaera » Shiny Flea Beetle (Asphaera lustrans)
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Beetle on phlox, Sedgwick County, Kansas, 13 July 2009 at 10 a.m. - Asphaera lustrans
Copyright © 2009 Cynthia Abbott

Beetle on phlox, Sedgwick County, Kansas, 13 July 2009 at 10 a.m. - Asphaera lustrans
near Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
July 13, 2009
Size: Abt. 3/8"
I don't know if the beetle was feeding on the Phlox divaricata, or simply resting on it. It flew off shortly after I shot this photo.
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Contributed by Cynthia Abbott on 23 July, 2009 - 10:28pm
Last updated 17 April, 2011 - 8:03am

Moved
Moved from ID Request. First for KS on BG.
… Ken Schneider, 19 August, 2009 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

Welcome.
I'll second Ron's "welcome" comment and add that I love your "internet name!"
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 July, 2009 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

Not an expert but...
Please take a look at Shining Flea Beetle (Asphaera lustrans) while waiting on other opinions.



Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ron M., 23 July, 2009 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
This looks exactly like the insect I saw and tried to photograph. Interestingly, the plant right next to the phlox on which I photographed this guy is Scutellaria resinosa.

Thank you both for responding.
… Cynthia Abbott, 24 July, 2009 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

 
i share yours, Ron
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… v belov, 23 July, 2009 - 11:54pm login or register to post comments

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