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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) » Criocerinae » Criocerini » Crioceris » Twelve-spotted Asparagus Beetle (Crioceris duodecimpunctata)
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Beetle - Crioceris duodecimpunctata
Copyright © 2006 Steve Scott

Beetle - Crioceris duodecimpunctata
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
May 6, 2006
Perched on daylily leaf.
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 10 May, 2006 - 5:08pm
Last updated 11 May, 2006 - 5:54pm

Chrysomelidae: Crioceris duodecimpunctata
I was ignoring this one because I thought some vegetable farmer would jump on this like a starved chicken on a grasshopper - the spotted asparagus beetle. Usually you find them only on the host plant - a daylily would be a surprising location for them. This is a nice lateral view.
… Donald S. Chandler, 11 May, 2006 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
So much for our esoteric attempts at generic identification. That's what I get for not Googling for asparagus beetle as well as searching our pages. By the way, the daylilies are right next to my row of asparagus so he/she/it isn't to far from home turf.

We need a genus page for this now - or am I missing something else?
… Steve Scott, 11 May, 2006 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
we have the genus but not the species
added to the guide and moved the image.
… john and jane balaban, 11 May, 2006 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for all you do! It is appreciated.
… Steve Scott, 11 May, 2006 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

Chrysomelidae
Similar to, but not

several differences
… Phillip Harpootlian, 10 May, 2006 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
The scutellum in Neolema sexpunctata has a transverse constriction whereas this individual has a transverse ridge. Otherwise very similar form, antennae etc.
… Steve Scott, 10 May, 2006 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I couldn't
get past the paler legs on this.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 11 May, 2006 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

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