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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) » Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Cryptocephalinae) » Cryptocephalini » Cryptocephalina » Cryptocephalus » Cupressi group (Cryptocephalus Cupressi group) » Cryptocephalus castaneus
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Not a spotted cucumber bug! - Cryptocephalus castaneus
Copyright © 2010 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Not a spotted cucumber bug! - Cryptocephalus castaneus
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
July 23, 2010
About the size of a Cucumber Beetle, but definitely not that!
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 24 July, 2010 - 6:34am
Last updated 24 July, 2010 - 6:38pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 24 July, 2010 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

Cryptocephalus castaneus...
I believe...
… Andrew McKorney, 24 July, 2010 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

 
seconded
… v belov, 24 July, 2010 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! It looks good to me!
I see there is a lot of minor variations in the tint of the paler color, but it seems to key out pretty well.
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 24 July, 2010 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

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