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Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Copyright © 2009 Eric Matthews

Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA
July 28, 2009
Please Confirm...
I think this is a Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle...night shot in my backyard

Thank you
Contributed by Eric Matthews on 29 July, 2009 - 12:38pm
Last updated 1 August, 2009 - 6:12pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kevin Hall, 30 July, 2009 - 11:29am

looks like spotted cucumber beetle
It says this in the guide RE subspecies
"subspecies named D. undecimpunctata undecimpunctata, Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle, found only in Arizona, California, Colorado and Oregon"
… Andrew Williams, 29 July, 2009 - 1:45pm

 
oregon
That would be me!
Thanks
… Eric Matthews, 29 July, 2009 - 1:50pm

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