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Sumac Flea Beetle (Blepharida rhois)
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Copyright © 2011
Dorothy E. Pugh
Mystery larva -
Blepharida rhois
Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
September 20, 2008
Apparently is carrying a major load of fecal matter.
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Contributed by
Dorothy E. Pugh
on 6 January, 2011 - 8:34pm
Last updated 2 July, 2012 - 1:05am
Moved
Moved from
Criocerinae
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It's difficult to tell from this photo but the shape of the larva seems more consistent with Blepharida than any of the Criocerinae, and it looks as if there may be faint stripes visible. The host plant also appears as if it could be a sumac.
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ADeczynski
, 2 July, 2012 - 1:05am
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Maybe not
This insect showed up in an infrequently mowed field. I don't remember noting sumac anywhere on my visits to Greenville. It was very tiny; I wish I had noted the size.
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Dorothy E. Pugh
, 2 July, 2012 - 8:18am
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Uncropped photo?
Dorothy, do you still have the original photo? If so, if it was cropped to create the photo you posted, do you still have the uncropped version? Posting that might provide a wider view of the plant with a plant ID leading to ID of the insect.
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John Pearson
, 2 July, 2012 - 8:40am
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I'm really sorry
Alas, I took this photo four years ago and I didn't keep the original. My website is bulging at the seams as it is.
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Dorothy E. Pugh
, 2 July, 2012 - 10:41am
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Host plant photo?
Do you have a photo with a wider view of the host plant? If so, it may reveal the identity of the plant and thus narrow the choice of insects using it.
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John Pearson
, 12 January, 2011 - 8:32am
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Moved
Moved from
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Kevin Hall
, 9 January, 2011 - 11:56am
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Definately in Criocerinae...
looks like an earlier instar, so further ID may be tough, but Lema is a safe bet.
Carrying a 'load'?? LOL :)
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Blaine Mathison
, 6 January, 2011 - 9:00pm
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Thank you
So this is what they look like before they build those smooth towers of fecal matter that hide them completely? I never knew what they looked like under all that.
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Dorothy E. Pugh
, 6 January, 2011 - 10:28pm
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I think you're thinking of Cryptocephalinae...
which start out wearing a tiny case made of their mother's excrement (which covered the egg), and add their own excrement to it as they grow.
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Charley Eiseman
, 7 January, 2011 - 6:52am
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Leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae)
Larvae of some species habitually cover their backs with excrement like this. If you know the host plant, you might be able to get a more specific ID.
Lema
is one possibility.
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Charley Eiseman
, 6 January, 2011 - 8:49pm
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