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Chrysomela knabi
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Copyright © 2010
tom murray
Chrysomela knabi? -
Chrysomela knabi
Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 1, 2010
Size: 6.7mm
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 2 May, 2010 - 9:19am
Last updated 21 January, 2011 - 2:24pm
probably Chrysomela knabi Brown -- det. S.M. Clark
Moved from
Chrysomela
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v belov
, 21 January, 2011 - 2:24pm
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Chrysomela
knabi is a possibility, but in your area, you should consider mainensis, also. Not sure what characters separate the two. Hard to compare images in BugGuide (assuming those in BG are identified correctly, too!).
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Blaine Mathison
, 2 May, 2010 - 9:50am
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Maybe knabi
After looking at the mainensis, the legs and antennae are a light color, and the 2 I just posted, have half of the legs and antennae black.
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tom murray
, 2 May, 2010 - 10:14am
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Quite probably...but...
THere is one listed as C. mainensis
here
that has the darker appendages. Again, we are assuing these on BG were identified correctly. THere just isnt enough material to make a good comparison (for me, at least).
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Blaine Mathison
, 2 May, 2010 - 10:18am
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